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Report Trump’s Europe Shock Creates an Opening for China Beijing could provide an economic lifeline as EU countries increase defense spending and weather tariffs. By Lili Pike, a reporter at Foreign Policy. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz shake hands as they pose for a photo. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi…
Argument An expert’s point of view on a current event. A Grand Bargain With Russia Would Be a Disaster Trump thinks he can follow in Nixon’s footsteps. By Christian Caryl, the former Moscow bureau chief for Newsweek and U.S News & World Report. Russian President Vladimir Putin, Chinese President Xi Jinping, and other participants pose…
Profile Germany’s New 1990s Chancellor The fall and rise of Friedrich Merz. February 20, 2025, 10:29 AM Comment icon View Comments () By Alexander Clarkson, a lecturer in German and European Studies at King’s College London. A man wearing glasses gestures with one finger as if fielding questions. Behind him are figures on a hilltop…
Profile Germany’s New 1990s Chancellor The fall and rise of Friedrich Merz. February 20, 2025, 10:29 AM Comment icon View Comments () By Alexander Clarkson, a lecturer in German and European Studies at King’s College London. A man wearing glasses gestures with one finger as if fielding questions. Behind him are figures on a hilltop…
Analysis It’s Time for Syria’s Kurds to Fold Kurdish autonomy is a problem that today’s Syria can’t afford. By Charles Lister, a senior fellow and director of the Syria and Counterterrorism and Extremism programs at the Middle East Institute. Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighters take part in a funeral in Syria’s northeastern city of Hasakeh…
Analysis It’s Time for Syria’s Kurds to Fold Kurdish autonomy is a problem that today’s Syria can’t afford. By Charles Lister, a senior fellow and director of the Syria and Counterterrorism and Extremism programs at the Middle East Institute. Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighters take part in a funeral in Syria’s northeastern city of Hasakeh…
Response Sudan’s Army Is Part of the Problem, Not the Solution The SAF is not a defender of democracy, and the activists joining its ranks are doing so out of necessity rather than ideology. By Mohammed Bahari, a Sudanese neonatologist, who has volunteered with Médecins Sans Frontières in Sudan. Sudanese army soldiers patrol an area…
Analysis The AI Economy’s Massive Vulnerability Subsea cables channel data and power, but they face escalating risks. February 20, 2025, 6:00 AM Comment icon View Comments () By Jared Cohen, the president of global affairs at Goldman Sachs and co-head of the Goldman Sachs Global Institute. A digital illustraiton of a subsea cable on the…
Analysis The AI Economy’s Massive Vulnerability Subsea cables channel data and power, but they face escalating risks. February 20, 2025, 6:00 AM Comment icon View Comments () By Jared Cohen, the president of global affairs at Goldman Sachs and co-head of the Goldman Sachs Global Institute. A digital illustraiton of a subsea cable on the…
