The Pandemic and Oil

September 10, 2020

With oil prices down and wealthy countries bungling COVID-19, the pandemic has exposed the weaknesses that wealth papers over.

China and the United States: The 21st Century’s ‘Great Game’

August 19, 2020

For China, the global war for influence is about trading partners. For the U.S., it could mean something more volatile.

August 4, 2020

The two most populous countries in the world are battling over a border, but it's really about energy and water.

June 17, 2020

Why is Trump unraveling treaties on nuclear arms? It's not just greed -- some people want to use them.

May 13, 2020

In the very near future, countries are going to have to choose whether they make guns or vaccines.

April 14, 2020

India’s far-right government is focused more on PR than prevention. Brave independent reporters are calling it to account.

March 25, 2020

Austerity and an anti-immigrant blockade left Italy with an older population and underfunded health care. Could the same happen here?

March 9, 2020

After another failed escalation in Syria, the Turkish president is increasingly isolated abroad and under scrutiny at home.

February 13, 2020

Prospects for unification will have less to do with ancient hatreds than with health care, schools, housing, and jobs.

February 5, 2020

Turkey has been bogged down in Syria for nearly a decade. Why is it gambling on Libya, too?