Regions and Countries

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage attends the inaugural Conservative Political Action Conference Great Britain in London on July 17, 2026.

Dispatches From the First Great British CPAC Dispatches From the First Great British CPAC

Through conferences, media ventures, and fat public-affairs contracts, the MAGA industrial complex has spent 10 years trying to buy British politics.

Jul 27, 2026 / Stella Tsantekidou

Screenshot of Zohran Mamdani's video announcing he can't arrest Benjamin Netanyahu.

Mamdani Can’t Arrest Netanyahu. But He Can Still Hold Israel Accountable. Mamdani Can’t Arrest Netanyahu. But He Can Still Hold Israel Accountable.

New York City’s ties with Israel go far deeper than one man, and there are concrete things Mamdani can do to break those ties.

Jul 24, 2026 / Tariq Kenney-Shawa

President Donald Trump meets with Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the Oval Office, on November 18, 2025.

The Saudi Nuclear Deal Is a Typical Trump Fiasco The Saudi Nuclear Deal Is a Typical Trump Fiasco

Yet again, the president trumpets a foreign-policy agreement steeped in recklessness, lies, and corruption.

Jul 24, 2026 / Jeet Heer

Palestinians walk between destroyed buildings in Gaza City, Wednesday, June 3, 2026.

I Thought I Knew Gaza. Then I Went Back. I Thought I Knew Gaza. Then I Went Back.

After nearly three years, I finally returned to my homeland. I wasn’t prepared for what I found.

Jul 23, 2026 / Athar Abu Samra

Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) speaks during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, February 23, 2021, in Washington.

Marco Rubio’s Cuba Fantasies Are More Dangerous Than They Seem Marco Rubio’s Cuba Fantasies Are More Dangerous Than They Seem

Little Marco is a modern-day Joe McCarthy, brandishing a list of supposed Cuban influence agents.

Jul 23, 2026 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Ernesto Soberón Guzmán, Cuban ambassador to the United Nations, speaks to reporters in New York, Thursday, April 23, 2026.

Cuba Will Not Be Starved Into Submission Cuba Will Not Be Starved Into Submission

A Cuban diplomat talks about the human cost of the US blockade, Cuba’s economic liberalization, and the gains of the revolution that Havana says are not up for negotiation.

Jul 22, 2026 / Q&A / Bhaskar Sunkara

An officer walks through the second floor of the Ringerike Prison in Norway in 2024. The facility, spread over two floors and an air yard, holds Anders Behring Breivik, who is responsible for a pair of deadly terrorist attacks in 2011.

15 Years Ago, Anders Breivik Massacred 77 People. Norway Is Determined to Treat Him Humanely. 15 Years Ago, Anders Breivik Massacred 77 People. Norway Is Determined to Treat Him Humanely.

Our prisons, ourselves.

Jul 22, 2026 / Jean Casella

Francesca Albanese, United Nations special rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories, attends the presentation of the book “The Light of Awakening. From Palestine to the Entire World, a Manifesto of Resistance“ and freedom at Spirit de Milan in Milan, Italy, on May 27, 2026.

Francesca Albanese Won’t Back Down Francesca Albanese Won’t Back Down

Talking to the UN special rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian Territories about genocide, standing up to the hatred of the establishment, and ending war.

Jul 22, 2026 / Q&A / Katrina vanden Heuvel and John Nichols

Fire breaks out at the Shahran oil depot after US and Israeli attacks in Tehran, Iran, on March 8, 2026.

America’s Iran Failure Is Bigger Than Trump America’s Iran Failure Is Bigger Than Trump

Trump’s personalization of foreign policy is ultimately a symptom of a deeper institutional problem rather than its source.

Jul 21, 2026 / Sina Toossi and Nancy Okail

People look at their phones as they travel on a U-Bahn train at Alexanderplatz station in the Mitte area of Berlin, Germany, on August 26, 2024.

The Bitter Paradox of German Racism The Bitter Paradox of German Racism

I left America in 2017 to flee an authoritarian government and the culture it facilitated. What I found in Berlin was not all that different.

Jul 18, 2026 / Edna Bonhomme

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