Regions and Countries

Turkey President Erdogan

A Match Made in Hell: The Budding Bromance of Trump and Erdogan A Match Made in Hell: The Budding Bromance of Trump and Erdogan

Can two power-hungry egomaniacs forge a lasting alliance? Much depends on an extradition request, and whether Trump will continue the alliance with Syria’s Kurds.

Jan 24, 2017 / Anna Lekas Miller

This Is How the New Cold War Turns Hot

This Is How the New Cold War Turns Hot This Is How the New Cold War Turns Hot

American journalists keep saying Alexander Dugin is Putin’s ideological adviser. One problem: He's not.

Jan 24, 2017 / Blog / Jeffrey Sommers

Donald Trump.

Trump’s Anti-Abortion Order Is Actually Likely to Increase Abortions Trump’s Anti-Abortion Order Is Actually Likely to Increase Abortions

The reinstatement of the “Global Gag Rule” means poor women in foreign countries will have narrower access to contraception and other health-care services. 

Jan 23, 2017 / Zoë Carpenter

Plenty’s Discontent

Plenty’s Discontent Plenty’s Discontent

The lost sense of hope and idealism in David Hare’s England.

Jan 19, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Alisa Solomon

Vladimir Putin

The Fight Over a Trump-Putin Détente Begins The Fight Over a Trump-Putin Détente Begins

Events this past week make clear that Trump was serious about changing US policy toward Russia, and the enemies of détente know it. Lessons from the past.

Jan 18, 2017 / Audio / Stephen F. Cohen

Two Russian civilians walking past a cash office in Moscow

It’s Not Too Late for an Honest Russian-American Dialogue It’s Not Too Late for an Honest Russian-American Dialogue

People from both countries must return to the simple idea of discussing our problems—and our solutions—openly with each other.

Jan 17, 2017 / Nadezhda Azhgikhina

Donald Trump

These 4 Foreign Policy Crises Are Primed to Explode Under President Trump These 4 Foreign Policy Crises Are Primed to Explode Under President Trump

The question is not if an international conflict will escalate, but when.

Jan 17, 2017 / Michael T. Klare

Rex Tillerson hearing

Rex Tillerson Sets Off Alarm Bells in the Human-Rights Community Rex Tillerson Sets Off Alarm Bells in the Human-Rights Community

Given repeated chances to condemn a violent drug war in the Philippines, Tillerson side-stepped.

Jan 12, 2017 / George Zornick

Donald Trump

Donald Trump’s Inconsistency Is a Danger of Nuclear Proportions Donald Trump’s Inconsistency Is a Danger of Nuclear Proportions

The Iran deal is anything but safe in the hands of the “ultimate dealmaker.”

Jan 12, 2017 / Rajan Menon

Rex Tillerson

Rex Tillerson’s Jaw-Dropping Testimony Just Completely Disqualified Him Rex Tillerson’s Jaw-Dropping Testimony Just Completely Disqualified Him

The former ExxonMobil CEO is too conflicted, too ill-prepared, and too disengaged to be seriously considered for the position of secretary of state.

Jan 12, 2017 / John Nichols

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