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Ukrainian soldiers stand facing a wall with a sculpture of a Ukrainian flag and a handwritten spray-painted inscription that reads: “Bakhmut is Ukraine” in Ukrainian.
Ukrainian soldiers stand facing a wall with a sculpture of a Ukrainian flag and a handwritten spray-painted inscription that reads: “Bakhmut is Ukraine” in Ukrainian.

Ukrainian Civilians Are Pioneering the Art of Resistance

Nonviolent tools are undercutting the Russian occupation.

Analysis
Nicholas Krohley
Trucks loaded with copper prepare to leave Tenke Fungurume Mine, one of the largest copper and cobalt mines in the world, in the southeastern region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo on June 17, 2023.
Trucks loaded with copper prepare to leave Tenke Fungurume Mine, one of the largest copper and cobalt mines in the world, in the southeastern region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo on June 17, 2023.

Washington Wants to Revive a Critical Minerals Mega-Railway Through Africa

The move comes straight out of China’s Belt-and-Road playbook.

Report
Christina Lu
Indonesian President Joko Widodo shakes hands with Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto during a meeting with high-ranking military and police officers in Jakarta on Feb. 28.
Indonesian President Joko Widodo shakes hands with Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto during a meeting with high-ranking military and police officers in Jakarta on Feb. 28.

How Will Prabowo Lead Indonesia?

The election winner sought to bury the past in his presidential campaign. To succeed as leader, he will count on history not repeating itself.

Analysis
Salil Tripathi
A collage photo illustration with Putin behind a blue background, the NATO logo like a crosshair overlay, with soldiers and warplanes in the foreground.
A collage photo illustration with Putin behind a blue background, the NATO logo like a crosshair overlay, with soldiers and warplanes in the foreground.

NATO’s Military Has a New Nerve Center

The alliance has transformed its once sleepy headquarters into a war command focused on Russia.

Feature
Jack Detsch
Maxar satellite imagery shows another view of the contruction of a wall near the Rafah border crossing into Egypt on Feb. 15.
Maxar satellite imagery shows another view of the contruction of a wall near the Rafah border crossing into Egypt on Feb. 15.

What Is Egypt’s Gaza Policy?

As Israel threatens Rafah, the Sisi government is clearing land and building walls in Sinai.

Africa Brief
Nosmot Gbadamosi
A stone building with the logo WTO OMC on its facade.
A stone building with the logo WTO OMC on its facade.

The WTO Failed the World in Covid

Pandemic-related technology and intellectual property cannot remain in its authority.

Argument
Matthew M. Kavanagh
Argentine presidential candidate Javier Milei gestures while casting his vote at a polling station in Buenos Aires during the presidential election runoff on Nov. 19, 2023.
Argentine presidential candidate Javier Milei gestures while casting his vote at a polling station in Buenos Aires during the presidential election runoff on Nov. 19, 2023.

Argentina’s Elections Are Becoming Dangerously American

The biggest reform being pushed by Javier Milei isn’t economic—it’s electoral.

Argument
Grant Tudor, Oscar Pocasangre
A high-up view shows the tops of skyscrapers in the city of Nanjing, China, beneath a blue sky. The closest building is part of a China Evergrande Group housing project.
A high-up view shows the tops of skyscrapers in the city of Nanjing, China, beneath a blue sky. The closest building is part of a China Evergrande Group housing project.

Can Beijing Contain the Property Crisis?

As firms default on debt, China hopes to boost household spending—but it lacks consumer confidence.

China Brief
James Palmer
People walk past graffiti that says “Bring them home now” on a wall in Israel.
People walk past graffiti that says “Bring them home now” on a wall in Israel.

Biden Predicts Israel-Hamas Truce as Early as Next Week

The six-week cease-fire would occur over Ramadan and include the release of Israeli hostages for Palestinian prisoners.

World Brief
Alexandra Sharp
Taiwanese President-elect William Lai and his running mate Hsiao Bi-khim speak to supporters at the Democratic Progressive Party's headquarters in Taipei, Taiwan.
Taiwanese President-elect William Lai and his running mate Hsiao Bi-khim speak to supporters at the Democratic Progressive Party's headquarters in Taipei, Taiwan.

Beijing’s Post-Election Plan for Taiwan

Expect China to double down on political warfare.

Argument
Craig Singleton
A British soldier takes part in a NATO exercise near the Estonian-Latvian border in Voru, Estonia, on May 25, 2022.
A British soldier takes part in a NATO exercise near the Estonian-Latvian border in Voru, Estonia, on May 25, 2022.

NATO’s Confusion Over the Russia Threat

Scenarios and timelines for Moscow’s possible war goals in Europe are a veritable Tetris game of alliance planning.

Analysis
Franz-Stefan Gady
A crowd of people stretch their arms upward as several carry a flag-draped coffin with a picture of a man's face on it through the streets of Beirut.
A crowd of people stretch their arms upward as several carry a flag-draped coffin with a picture of a man's face on it through the streets of Beirut.

How Israel’s Assassination Campaign Against Hamas Could Backfire

The targeted killings pose diplomatic and security risks.

Analysis
Riley McCabe
The shell of a building damaged during the 30 years of occupation in the outskirts of Agdam, Azerbaijan, in November 2023.
The shell of a building damaged during the 30 years of occupation in the outskirts of Agdam, Azerbaijan, in November 2023.

The Land That Was Once Nagorno-Karabakh

A contested environmental legacy looms over three decades of conflict.

Dispatch
Hannah Lucinda Smith
Children look at burnt out trucks that were destroyed during the war on Feb. 18 in Tigray Region, Ethiopia.
Children look at burnt out trucks that were destroyed during the war on Feb. 18 in Tigray Region, Ethiopia.

Ethiopia’s Reconciliation Policy Is a Farce

A much-touted transitional justice initiative will ensure impunity for war crimes committed in Tigray.

Argument
Aaron Maasho, Martin Witteveen
Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh announces his resignation in the West Bank.
Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh announces his resignation in the West Bank.

Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Resigns Amid Calls for Reform

The United States and others want a revitalized PA to eventually govern postwar Gaza.

World Brief
Alexandra Sharp
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