Analysis
List of Analysis articles
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The silhouette of a person operating hand-held machinery in a rice paddy. Niger Is a Warning for the World Bank
International finance needs a new playbook for crisis as the bank convenes for its annual meetings.
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The Liberian-flagged oil tanker Ice Energy (left) transfers crude oil from the Russian-flagged oil tanker Lana (right), off the coast of Greece, on May 29, 2022. The Russian Oil Price Cap Can Work Again
With global prices on the rise, here are some ways to fix the system.
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A sign affixed to a metal pole shows capitalized text reading: "Jamal Khashoggi square." Smaller text beneath the title reads: "A journalist and advocate for human rights and democracy slain by the Saudi government." The U.S. Is Letting Its Allies Get Away With Murder
Washington has emboldened violence from partners such as India and Saudi Arabia.
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An Indian Border Security Force wearing a tan formal uniform shakes hands with a Pakistan Rangers soldier wearing a black formal uniform. They are surrounded by other uniformed officers, most of whom wear traditional hats adorned with a fan-like crest. Pakistan’s Missing Market
Resuming trade with India is a chance to escape spiraling crises.
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A man wearing a hard hat stands with his hands raised above his head to work in the wood and wires of a self-made power line in northern Malawi. A blue sky is visible behind him. Why False Energy Hopes Are Bad for Africa
Rich-world advocates are pushing outlandish green scenarios that will keep Africans poor.
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A woman walks past a building damaged in a drone attack in Moscow on Aug. 23. Are Ukraine’s Airstrikes in Russia Effective?
The attacks hinder Russian warfighting, but Ukrainian leaders probably seek a more strategic impact.
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Biden and Mohammed bin Salman walk next to each other. The U.S. Should Ask for More From Saudi Arabia
Riyadh wants big concessions from Washington in exchange for normalizing ties with Israel. Biden should ask for big concessions in return.
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Workers are busy at the construction site of a lithium battery plant in Meishan City, China on April 6. How to Break China’s Hold on Batteries and Critical Minerals
The security of clean energy is easier to manage than the security of oil.
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Pedestrians walk past an wall painting depicting a map of Crimean peninsula bearing the colours of Russia's national flag in Moscow, on March 31, 2014. Russia’s Crimean Red Line Has Been Erased
Claims about the territory’s spiritual status have been revealed to be fiction.
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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken shakes hands with Roman Voskoboynikov, who is originally from Ukraine, after a U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services naturalization ceremony inside the Robert N.C. Nix Federal Courthouse in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Biden Administration Is Addicted to Partnerships
The inauspicious return of the Cold War strategy of “Pactomania.”
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U.S. President Joe Biden reacts during a meeting on the "Build Back Better World" during the World Leaders Summit of the COP26 U.N. climate change conference in Glasgow, Scotland, on Nov. 2, 2021. Biden’s Signature Achievement Needs to Go Global
The Inflation Reduction Act is Washington’s boldest climate policy ever—but still woefully insufficient.
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Markus Soeder, Governor of Bavaria and lead candidate of the Bavarian Social Union (CSU), attends the annual gathering of politicians in beer tents at the Gillamoos folk fest on September 3, 2018 in Abensberg, Germany. The Land of Lederhosen, Beer, and Political Chaos
Bavaria is Germany’s stereotypical idyll—and now a herald of its future turmoil.
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Hand-painted wooden nesting dolls stand on a table. Two are painted with an image of U.S. President Joe Biden, shown from the torso upward, wearing a black suit and smiling against an American flag background. Next to these is a doll painted with the image of Chinese President Xi Jinping, who smiles against a Chinese flag background. The U.S. Cannot Afford to Lose a Soft-Power Race With China
Washington’s key diplomatic assets have become a political bargaining chip.
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Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani (L) meets Prime Minister of northern Iraq's Kurdish Regional Government (IKRG), Masrour Barzani in Erbil (R) in Erbil, Iraq on March 15. Iran Is Exploiting Divisions and U.S. Inaction in Iraqi Kurdistan
While Washington sits idly by, the region is on the brink of falling into Tehran’s orbit.
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Afghans protest against the burning of the Quran by Swedish Danish far-right politician Rasmus Paludan outside Eid Gah mosque in Kabul on Jan. 27. Attention-Seekers and Autocrats Are a Combustible Mix
Geopolitical provocateurs can cause serious diplomatic headaches.
