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Analysis Trump’s Tariffs Are an Unconstitutional Power Grab Declaring a national emergency to exact concessions is a ploy to seize authority. By Inu Manak, a fellow for trade policy at the Council on Foreign Relations. Trucks approach the Lewiston-Queenston Bridge border crossing to the United States in Niagara Falls, Canada, on Feb. 4. Trucks approach…

Analysis Why Trump’s Return Spells Trouble for Sisi Egypt’s leader may have once been Trump’s “favorite dictator,” but Washington’s latest demands threaten Cairo’s interests. By Mahmoud Salem, a Berlin-based writer and analyst. U.S. President Donald Trump (R) and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (L) hold a meeting on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly…

Argument An expert’s point of view on a current event. Sudan’s New Model for Aid Distribution Rather than rely on other countries or international organizations, local communities have banded together. By Kelsey Norman, a fellow for the Middle East and director of the women’s rights, human rights, and refugees program at Rice University’s Baker Institute,…

Argument An expert’s point of view on a current event. Deference to Passports Puts Dissidents at Risk Biometrics, already used in some border crossings, could help protect activists. By Alena Popova, a Russian oppositionist and founder of Cyber Guardians for Democracy, and Evan A. Feigenbaum, a vice president for studies at the Carnegie Endowment for…

Argument An expert’s point of view on a current event. Britain’s Machiavellian Answer for Trump Why the British government tapped its “prince of darkness” as its new U.S. ambassador. By John Kampfner, the author of Why the Germans Do It Better: Notes from a Grown-Up Country. Peter Mandelson is seen ahead of an opening speech…