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Two children are shown from behind as they peer over a banner that reads "UNHCR."
Two children are shown from behind as they peer over a banner that reads "UNHCR."

What Foreign Aid Cuts Mean for the World’s Worst Displacement Crisis

Millions of Sudanese refugees risk falling deeper into hunger as funding dries up.

Africa Brief
Nosmot Gbadamosi
United States President Donald Trump, accompanied by his UAE counterpart Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, gestures with a clenched fist in Abu Dhabi on May 16.
United States President Donald Trump, accompanied by his UAE counterpart Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, gestures with a clenched fist in Abu Dhabi on May 16.

Why the U.S. Should Build Data Centers in Dubai and Riyadh

Turning away partners with a clear preference for American AI infrastructure creates a vacuum that China will fill.

Argument
Mohammed Soliman
United States Senate Majority Leader John Thune, Republican from South Dakota, walks from his office to the Senate floor at the Capitol in Washington on June 30.
United States Senate Majority Leader John Thune, Republican from South Dakota, walks from his office to the Senate floor at the Capitol in Washington on June 30.

Senate Republicans Just Undermined Trump’s Energy Dominance Agenda

Their version of the budget bill misses that every energy supply chain today is global.

Argument
Narayan Subramanian, Milo McBride
Rare-earth minerals are loaded for export to Japan at a port in Lianyungang, in China's Jiangsu province, on Sept. 5, 2010.
Rare-earth minerals are loaded for export to Japan at a port in Lianyungang, in China's Jiangsu province, on Sept. 5, 2010.

China’s Rare-Earth Leverage Is Paying Off

A new deal with the United States highlights Beijing’s tight grip on a crucial sector.

China Brief
James Palmer
Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra and former Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen are compared in side-by-side photos.
Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra and former Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen are compared in side-by-side photos.

Top Thai Court Suspends Prime Minister Pending Ethics Investigation

Paetongtarn Shinawatra is accused of violating the constitution in a phone call with former Cambodian leader Hun Sen.

World Brief
Alexandra Sharp
Dozens of protesters are seen from overhead as they wave their hands and flags. Many of the protesters carry umbrellas, and several shelter beneath long banners in the colors of the Thai flag. A woman in a yellow shirt at the center of the crowd has spotted the camera and waves at it.
Dozens of protesters are seen from overhead as they wave their hands and flags. Many of the protesters carry umbrellas, and several shelter beneath long banners in the colors of the Thai flag. A woman in a yellow shirt at the center of the crowd has spotted the camera and waves at it.

No Winners in Thailand-Cambodia Border Dispute

The Thai prime minister’s coalition is hanging by a thread, while her Cambodian counterpart looks sidelined.

Analysis
Andrew Nachemson
Myanmar’s junta chief, Min Aung Hlaing, salutes at a ceremony to mark Armed Forces Day.
Myanmar’s junta chief, Min Aung Hlaing, salutes at a ceremony to mark Armed Forces Day.

Time and Beijing Are Working Against Myanmar’s Resistance

As fighting drags on, sieges and Chinese pressure may allow Myanmar’s military junta to consolidate its power.

Analysis
Lucas Myers
A general view of a rare-earth refinery north of the Inner Mongolian city of Baotou on Aug. 20, 2012.
A general view of a rare-earth refinery north of the Inner Mongolian city of Baotou on Aug. 20, 2012.

How Rare Earths Became China’s Top Trade Weapon

Washington wasn’t always so vulnerable to Beijing’s chokehold.

Explainer
Christina Lu
U.S. National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski speaks with U.S. President Jimmy Carter in the Oval Office on Jan. 21, 1977.
U.S. National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski speaks with U.S. President Jimmy Carter in the Oval Office on Jan. 21, 1977.

Why Zbig Still Matters

Biographer Edward Luce on the life and legacy of former national security advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski. This article has an audio recording

Insider
Ravi Agrawal
Two men in suits, shown from the side, shake hands.
Two men in suits, shown from the side, shake hands.

Why Southeast Asia Is Flocking to BRICS

The expanding bloc has become a hedge against future geopolitical shifts.

Analysis
Derek Grossman
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a handover ceremony for the new Israeli chief of staff on January 15, 2019 at the Defence Ministry in Tel Aviv.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a handover ceremony for the new Israeli chief of staff on January 15, 2019 at the Defence Ministry in Tel Aviv.

Israel’s War on Iran Backfired

Despite what it claims, Israel failed to achieve its goals in its latest war.

Argument
Sina Toossi
UAE's President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed al-Nahyan greets Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi at the leaders summit during the COP27 climate conference, in Egypt's Red Sea resort city of Sharm el-Sheikh, on November 7, 2022.
UAE's President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed al-Nahyan greets Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi at the leaders summit during the COP27 climate conference, in Egypt's Red Sea resort city of Sharm el-Sheikh, on November 7, 2022.

The Middle East’s End of Ideology

Across the region, transnational movements are giving way to a political model based on strong states.

Argument
Arash Azizi, Bachar Halabi
Australian and American flags on the table during a meeting between Prime Minister of Australia Scott Morrison and then-U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin at the Pentagon on September 22, 2021.
Australian and American flags on the table during a meeting between Prime Minister of Australia Scott Morrison and then-U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin at the Pentagon on September 22, 2021.

Australia Can’t Have Its Geopolitics Both Ways

Trump forces a reckoning with China on a key Indo-Pacific ally.

Analysis
James Curran
A Palestinian woman sits amid the rubble of a Gaza City school hit by overnight Israeli strikes.
A Palestinian woman sits amid the rubble of a Gaza City school hit by overnight Israeli strikes.

Deadly Israeli Strikes on Gaza Threaten Cease-Fire Talks

Top Israeli officials are in Washington to push for a U.S.-backed truce deal.

World Brief
Alexandra Sharp
An illustration shows a hand holding up a head-shaped hourglass in a Hamlet-esque pose. Inside the hourglass are sands enveloping the statue of liberty and other monuments.
An illustration shows a hand holding up a head-shaped hourglass in a Hamlet-esque pose. Inside the hourglass are sands enveloping the statue of liberty and other monuments.

The End of Modernity

A crisis is unfolding before our eyes—and also in our heads.

Essay
Christopher Clark
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