Analysis
List of Analysis articles
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Election officials count ballots after voting concluded in the parliamentary elections in Yerevan, Armenia, on June 7. Armenian Democracy Faces a Threat From Within
A predatory opposition, fueled by external support, is gaining influence within the state.
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Two large container ships are seem from a distance across a stretch of open water through a thin haze of fog. Smoke billows from a smokestack on one ship facing the camera; the other is seen in profile with no smoke. The Slow Death of the Global Commons
Hormuz is a sign of worse things to come.
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Volunteers of the National Guard manage traffic at a checkpoint in Suwayda, Syria on January 22. Suwayda’s Struggle
Syria’s Druze are trapped between Israeli protection and Damascus’s rule.
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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and French President Emmanuel Macron speak ahead of a meeting on the sidelines of the EU-Western Balkans Summit at Porto Montenegro in Tivat on June 5, 2026. Europe Is Back in 1952
France and Germany again locked into military rivalry is bad news for the rest of Europe.
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Workers of Talco Gold, the joint Tajik-Chinese mining firm, extract antimony in open cast quarries at the Saritag mine in western Tajikistan on August 26, 2025. A New Great Game Is Underway in Central Asia
The world’s great powers are engaging a new battleground in their search for critical minerals.
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Trump is seen from about the chest upward, speaking into a microphone at a podium while standing against a gold curtain. Trump wears a dark business suit and a light blue tie. Thank You, Mr. President, for Fact-Checking Yourself
Far from proving fraud, the declassified intelligence shows analysts doing their jobs carefully.
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Andy Burnham delivers his inaugural speech as the United Kingdom’s new prime minister in London. Britain’s New Prime Minister Must Stand Up to Trump
Keir Starmer allowed his country to be humiliated by Washington. Burnham should learn from his mistakes.
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A nighttime crowd of cheering people holding up large, flat, light-pink flamingo cutouts mounted on long red poles. In the foreground, a young woman with dark hair and a nose ring smiles widely and shouts with her hand held to her cheek. Flamingos Against Autocrats
How a Gen Z-led protest movement in Albania is calling out corruption and global oligarchy.
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anthropic-ban-GettyImages-2271848058 Banning AI Models Doesn’t Add Up to a Policy
What is needed is an actionable agenda that ensures safe release and stable access.
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Robert Redford and Addison Powell in Three Days of the Condor (1975). The Liberal Origins of the War Against the Deep State
In the 1970s, fears of an out-of-control executive branch emanated from Democrats, not Republicans.
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An illustration showing a person from the chest down sitting at a wooden table, wearing a light-colored long-sleeved shirt with a yellow and blue napkin tied around their neck. In front of them sits a large white bowl of vibrant pinkish-red soup topped with sour cream and dill, with two smaller bowls of soup steaming on either side and a spoon resting on the table. The Battle for Borsch
Ukraine is using the beet-based soup to fortify national identity in the face of Russian aggression.
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A dome-shaped security camera on a curved metal arm is mounted on a gray pole in the foreground. Directly behind it, a large outdoor banner features a close-up photograph of a bearded man's face screaming with his mouth wide open. The Soccer Surveillance State
How the United States used the World Cup as a testing ground for policing technologies.
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An overhead shot looks down at a legislative chamber with seats arranged in a horseshoe shape around an ornate tiled floor and facing a podium and desk at the front of the room. Almost every seat is occupied; members are dressed in an array of business suits and more traditional Syrian formal attire. Some wear headscarves. Sharaa wears a suit as he strides across the tiled floor. Syria’s Weak Parliament Still Matters
The country’s newly opened assembly is by no means democratic, but it can still be more than a rubber stamp.
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A police officer walks past a billboard for the U.S.-Iran peace talks in Islamabad. The U.S. and Iran Signed a Memorandum of Misunderstanding
Detail and care matter in peacemaking, but not to this White House.
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U.N. armored personnel carriers depart a base to patrol near the Lebanon- Israel border on October 5, 2024 in Marjayoun, Lebanon. Lebanon’s Peacekeepers Are Heading for the Exits
As UNIFIL leave Lebanon, it’s not clear who—if anyone—will replace it.
