Column Archive

Georgia’s contested elections may have been the last gasp for Tbilisi’s EU accession efforts. That’s a major victory for Russia.

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres caught flak for meeting Vladimir Putin at this year’s BRICS summit. He would have if he didn’t, too.

The U.S. media landscape has fractured into separate partisan spaces that disagree over basic facts and constitutional norms.

There is no free trade candidate running in the U.S. election. But Trump and Harris use protectionism for very different goals.

Brazil’s president doesn’t want BRICS to simply be a diplomatic tool for China and Russia. Last week’s summit was a victory on that front.

If he wins the U.S. election, Donald Trump will try to return U.S. trade policy to the 1800s. A lot has changed in the world since then.

Israel’s campaigns in Gaza and Lebanon have highlighted the geopolitical hollowing out of Egypt and the Gulf states.

Even at their least powerful and even when targeted solely at military objectives, nuclear weapons are still inherently unlawful, indiscriminate and inhumane.

Colombia and Brazil should tackle security issues head on at the COP16 Biodiversity Summit.

This year’s Nobel Peace Prize went to Nihon Hidankyo for their efforts to achieve a world free of nuclear weapons. Could that ever become reality?

Governments’ responses to natural disasters have always been politicized. Trump’s use of Hurricanes Helene and Milton is different.

Shifts in the EU’s priorities have put what were once considered peripheral states at the center of efforts to ensure the EU’s survival.

Facing economic headwinds, the Chinese government wants to boost confidence. Xi’s suspicion of stimulus may make that impossible.

The concept of hegemony is central to debates over the global order. The questions today are: Does the U.S. have it? Does China want it?

A weak government let Hezbollah to rise to power and turned Lebanon into a failed state. Israel’s war there could be the final nail in the coffin.

Israel is intent on destroying Hamas and Hezbollah. It doesn’t have a political plan for what happens after the war.

The very features of the United Nations that attract the most criticisms are what make it effective at what it does.