Good to Know: Collective security Stacie Goddard - January 9, 2024 An explainer on collective security agreements like NATO.
Biden hopes sanctions will deter Putin. It may not be so easy. Bruce W. Jentleson - February 18, 2022 Steep economic costs may not significantly change Russia’s behavior
Nobody can go to the Tokyo Olympics. So why is the government going ahead with them? Phillip Y. Lipscy and Daniel M. Smith - July 18, 2021 The political stakes are high, as Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga must face voters in a general election this fall
Great powers have always dictated the terms of ‘global’ tax deals. This time may be different. Martin Hearson - June 29, 2021 Lower-income countries now want to have their say in global tax politics.
Germany acknowledged colonial atrocities in Namibia as genocide. Victims’ groups want more. Franziska Boehme - June 8, 2021 Descendants of the victims want a presidential apology and further reparations.
Mitch McConnell once knew all about the filibuster’s racist history. What changed? Saladin Ambar - March 29, 2021 We know from his own writings that McConnell is aware of the filibuster’s ‘racial history’
‘The Shadow King’ is a must-read on Ethiopia’s history Laura Seay - July 16, 2020 This is a story about fascists and freedom fighters, and emperors and common people.
The Treaty of Versailles was signed June 28, 1919. So why don’t countries formalize peace today? Tanisha Fazal - June 26, 2019 Here’s how peace treaties have changed in the past 100 years.
The League of Nations — the U.N.’s predecessor — was born 100 years ago this month M. Patrick Cottrell - June 10, 2019 It’s hard to imagine the U.N., and much of today’s international order, without it.
Because China isn’t ‘Caucasian,’ the U.S. is planning for a ‘clash of civilizations.’ That could be dangerous. Steven Ward - May 4, 2019 The United States tried that with Japan. It didn’t end well.
The U.S. and China are playing a dangerous game. What comes next? Stacie Goddard - October 3, 2018 U.S. and Chinese warships played a dangerous game of chicken
Are we witnessing the collapse of the global order? Probably not — yet. Julia Gray - May 18, 2018 [caption id="attachment_73581" align="aligncenter" width="960"] President Trump meets with British Prime
President Trump is trying to reach across the aisle. Good luck with that. Chris Baylor - October 18, 2017 [caption id="attachment_65027" align="alignnone" width="960"] President Trump meets with Senate Majority
Trump says that spoils belong to the victor. That’s an invitation to more war. Joseph O'Mahoney - February 1, 2017 [caption id="attachment_53448" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Iraq war veteran Evan Cohen holds
Is this the end of Sykes-Picot? Gregory Gause - May 20, 2014 [caption id="attachment_10666" align="aligncenter" width="605"] Dr. Michael Izady, Gulf/2000 Program at
The downsides of Crimea for Russia Timothy Frye - March 19, 2014 [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="606" special=""] Participants in a rally in
How Putin’s desire to restore Russia to great power status matters Steven Ward - March 6, 2014 [caption id="attachment_7508" align="aligncenter" width="300" special=""] Alexei Nikolsky/AFP/Getty Images[/caption] Steven Ward
How Putin's desire to restore Russia to great power status matters Steven Ward - March 6, 2014 [caption id="attachment_7508" align="aligncenter" width="300" special=""] Alexei Nikolsky/AFP/Getty Images[/caption] Steven Ward
Governing the World: A Review Erik Voeten - January 3, 2013 The past decade has treated us to some excellent histories