All Commentaries
China Navigates a World Adrift in Uncertainty
Trump offers unpredictability; China offers stability.
The New Great Game in Southeast Asia
As Washington retreats, China steps in.
How to Stop an Autocrat
The citizens of Brazil, Poland, and South Korea defeated the dragons threatening their democracies. What can Americans learn from their examples?
Is a U.S.-Iran Nuclear Deal Coming Soon?
Trump promises a deal by mid-June, but many obstacles remain.
Is 2025 the New 1984?
Trump has a tricontinental vision for a new world order.
The Point of Philosophy Is to Change the World: A Review of Walden Bello’s “Global Battlefields”
Bello’s political memoir gives us all a challenge: to simultaneously be philosophers interpreting the world and organizers fighting to change it.
Small Island States Are Leading the Fight Against Climate Change
The canaries are banding together to warn about conditions in the coal mine and do something about it.
The Disintegration of North America
Why on earth is Trump blowing up relationships with the two closest U.S. allies?
Kenneth Roth on Why Human Rights Advocacy Still Works — If We Fight for It
Naming and shaming human rights abuses only works when the public views the conduct as wrong. And that’s always up for grabs, the former Human Rights Watch director says.
Trump’s Soviet Coup Against Reality
American democracy faces an unprecedented crisis. Trump's second victory represents more than a mere political setback or symptom of political polarization—it constitutes a systemic assault on shared reality and a gradual erasure of objective truth. America is...