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Demonstrators wave Sudanese national flags and flags representing the anti-coup youth group Angry Without Borders during a procession marking the fourth anniversary of the Sudanese revolution, in Khartoum, Sudan.
Demonstrators wave Sudanese national flags and flags representing the anti-coup youth group Angry Without Borders during a procession marking the fourth anniversary of the Sudanese revolution, in Khartoum, Sudan.

For Sudanese Refugees, Egypt Is Barely a Refuge

As the international community turns to other crises, people fleeing Sudan’s war face dire economic conditions.

Dispatch
Ela Yokes
Cars ride past the U.S. Embassy in Moscow.
Cars ride past the U.S. Embassy in Moscow.

U.S. Warns of Potential Extremist Attack in Moscow

The threat follows Russian authorities stopping a planned shooting at a Jewish synagogue.

World Brief
Alexandra Sharp
U.S. President Joe Biden delivers his annual State of the Union address before a joint session of Congress in the House chamber of the Capitol building in Washington, D.C.
U.S. President Joe Biden delivers his annual State of the Union address before a joint session of Congress in the House chamber of the Capitol building in Washington, D.C.

What Biden’s State of the Union Revealed About Foreign Policy and the 2024 Election

A postgame analysis with Susan Glasser.

Insider
Ravi Agrawal
A historic black-and-white image from the aftermath of the first atomic bomb testing. Scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer stoops to examine the torn and warped metal remaining from the base of a tower from which the bomb was tests. Other scientists mill about the desert landscape around Oppenheimer, and low mountains loom in the distance.
A historic black-and-white image from the aftermath of the first atomic bomb testing. Scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer stoops to examine the torn and warped metal remaining from the base of a tower from which the bomb was tests. Other scientists mill about the desert landscape around Oppenheimer, and low mountains loom in the distance.

The Economics of ‘Oppenheimer’

The Manhattan Project was, in many ways, the largest project ever undertaken by the U.S. state.

Insider
Cameron Abadi, Adam Tooze
U.S. President Joe Biden delivers the State of the Union address during a joint meeting of Congress in the House chamber at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.
U.S. President Joe Biden delivers the State of the Union address during a joint meeting of Congress in the House chamber at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.

Biden Starkly Lays Out the Stakes for 2024

The president delivered one of the most politically significant State of the Union addresses in memory.

Analysis
Michael Hirsh
A bride in a white dress dances with a man in a suit during a wedding celebration at night, surrounded by guests. Confetti flutters through the air around the couple, some of it settling onto their shoulders.
A bride in a white dress dances with a man in a suit during a wedding celebration at night, surrounded by guests. Confetti flutters through the air around the couple, some of it settling onto their shoulders.

How China Made Xinjiang’s Ceremonies Illegal

Retroactively applied laws are used to prosecute Muslim community leaders.

ChinaFile
Darren Byler
A woman bundled in a shin-length winter coat, hat, and gloves pushes a stroller past the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv. The ground is covered with snow, and the large gray complex of buildings looms against a cloudy sky.
A woman bundled in a shin-length winter coat, hat, and gloves pushes a stroller past the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv. The ground is covered with snow, and the large gray complex of buildings looms against a cloudy sky.

State Department Beefs Up U.S. Diplomatic Presence in Kyiv

Lawmakers still think the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv is too small, and diplomats can’t get close enough to the front lines.

Report
Jack Detsch, Robbie Gramer
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men sit on the ground blocking the movement of vehicles along a street during a protest against their conscription, in Jerusalem.
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men sit on the ground blocking the movement of vehicles along a street during a protest against their conscription, in Jerusalem.

Bibi’s Other Political Problem

The war in Gaza has rekindled the debate in Israel over who serves—and who doesn’t.

Analysis
David E. Rosenberg
A car leaves a car carrier.
A car leaves a car carrier.

China’s Global EV Domination Is Just Beginning

And the West isn’t ready for it.

Analysis
Howard W. French
A U.S. military handout shows the Barbados-flagged ship True Confidence ablaze.
A U.S. military handout shows the Barbados-flagged ship True Confidence ablaze.

Deadly Houthi Attack Escalates Threat to Red Sea Shipping

The strike marked the first deaths from such an attack since the Red Sea crisis began.

World Brief
Alexandra Sharp
Acting Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry delivers remarks in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Jan. 6, 2023.
Acting Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry delivers remarks in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Jan. 6, 2023.

How Haiti’s Unelected Leader Lost America’s Blessing

Neighboring Caribbean countries pushed Washington to support a leadership transition in Port-au-Prince.

Latin America Brief
Catherine Osborn
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks into a microphone while standing at a podium inside a room at the White House as he announces new economic actions against Russia. An American flag hangs behind him, in front of a mantle that holds a row of books.
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks into a microphone while standing at a podium inside a room at the White House as he announces new economic actions against Russia. An American flag hangs behind him, in front of a mantle that holds a row of books.

State of the Union: What’s At Stake for Biden’s Foreign Policy

Biden must rally support for U.S. efforts on two major wars.

Situation Report
Robbie Gramer, Jack Detsch, Amy Mackinnon
Ventura, in a suit and tie, blows a kiss with one hand and reaches out with this other hand.
Ventura, in a suit and tie, blows a kiss with one hand and reaches out with this other hand.

Why Portugal Is No Longer the Exception to Europe’s Far-Right Sweep

Sunday’s vote could be a bellwether ahead of European Parliament elections this June.

Analysis
Emily Schultheis
An Muslim imam, a Christian priest and two Jewish rabbis join a prayer calling for rain on November 11, 2010 in the West Bank village of Walajeh near Bethlehem.
An Muslim imam, a Christian priest and two Jewish rabbis join a prayer calling for rain on November 11, 2010 in the West Bank village of Walajeh near Bethlehem.

Israel and Palestine Are Now in a Religious War

Why the Middle East conflict has been getting increasingly brutal—and increasingly hard to solve.

Argument
Caroline de Gruyter
Secretary General of NATO Jens Stoltenberg, then-U.S. President Donald Trump and then-British Prime Minister Boris Johnson onstage during the annual NATO heads of government summit on Dec. 4, 2019 in Watford, England.
Secretary General of NATO Jens Stoltenberg, then-U.S. President Donald Trump and then-British Prime Minister Boris Johnson onstage during the annual NATO heads of government summit on Dec. 4, 2019 in Watford, England.

Trump Is Right on NATO Spending

The former president’s inflammatory comments could have the positive effect of forcing European leaders to contribute more to their continent’s defense.

Argument
Matthew Kroenig, Dan Negrea, Tod Wolters
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