Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at a Hamas suicide bombing in Israel, the rationale behind Ukraine’s incursion into Russia, and the start of the U.S. Democratic National ...
When Donald Trump first ran for the U.S. presidency in 2016, a wave of writing suggested that he was a realist. In this framing, Democratic Party candidate Hillary Clinton was ...
Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at the empty seat at Gaza cease-fire talks, Ukraine’s possible involvement in the Nord Stream explosions, and the World Health Organization declaring ...
Ukrainian offensives onto Russian soil, such as the one currently underway in the Kursk region, present an opportunity to end the war more quickly as part of a wider strategy ...
Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at rising Middle East tensions during Ismail Haniyeh’s funeral in Qatar, Argentina and the United States backing Venezuela’s opposition candidate, and deadly ...
Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at a historic U.S.-Russia prisoner swap, Israeli assassinations as Iran threatens retaliation, and a plea deal for three accused 9/11 plotters. Sign ...
When Russia began its military intervention in Syria in 2015, shifting the civil war’s momentum in favor of the Assad regime, many in the West grew concerned about the Kremlin’s ...
Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at the killing of a top Hamas official in Iran, an assassination attempt on Sudan’s de facto leader, and Ukraine repelling a ...
More than a dozen Palestinian factions, including bitter rivals Fatah and Hamas, signed a joint declaration in Beijing on Tuesday vowing to form an interim unity government, although experts are ...
What has often been circumscribed as “the rise of the rest”—the relative ascendancy of the non-Western powers—has been felt particularly acutely in Asia. When the Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama ...