Column Archive

Trump is taking the U.S. into full predatory mode, abandoning even paying lip service to the liberal international order. Should the world worry?

Trump’s stances toward the U.N. may create openings for China to boost its influence there. It’s not clear that Beijing wants to.

Many Europeans are latching onto wishful thinking about how Trump will address the war in Ukraine, instead of preparing for more realistic scenarios.

A leaked memo suggests the U.S. military’s Civilian Protection Center could be the victim of budget cuts. If anything, the center should be expanded.

President Trump used his inauguration speech to double down on threats toward Panama. It revealed a much broader shift in vision for U.S. foreign policy.

The situation on the ground in Gaza was ripe for a ceasefire. That doesn’t mean it’s ripe for long-lasting peace between Israel and Hamas.

The confirmation hearing for Trump’s U.N. ambassador pick signaled that his second term might not be as disruptive for the organization as many feared.

Ahead of elections, Germany’s main parties all suffer from the same affliction: a lack of vision for what the country’s future should look like.

Elites in the U.S. and China are seriously contemplating what a great power war may look like. That is itself alarming.

Trump’s second term could rescue globalization by persuading the U.S. labor movement that liberalized trade can still work for them.

To understand Trump is to recognize that he wants to bring a 19th-century U.S. foreign policy into the 21st century.

The U.N.’s role in mediating peace deals is declining as its humanitarian operations expand. That might not be sustainable.

A government led by the far right wouldn’t just herald a new era in Austrian politics. It would bolster rising far-right parties across Europe.

Biden often failed to uphold the rules-based order he vowed to protect. But that order doesn’t operate merely at the whim of the great powers.

Since his loss in Venezuela’s election last year, governing for Maduro has largely become an exercise in repression and controlling the narrative.

2025 will mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II and the founding of the United Nations. The lessons from both have been wasted.

Europe’s security situation is only getting more alarming, and yet efforts to address it are losing steam. The problem has a clear parallel.