List of Politics articles
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Demonstrators attend a rally in Paris. Macron Is Courting His Waterloo Over Pension Reform
Like other rich countries, France is trying to go gray and stay solvent—and the French aren’t buying it.
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A Bharatiya Janata Party supporter holds a picture of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi. Why India Banned the BBC’s Modi Documentary
The program revisits a dark episode for the prime minister. New Delhi’s move has only brought more attention to it.
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An illustration shows George Kennan, the father of Cold War containment strategy. Is Cold War Inevitable?
A new biography of George Kennan, the father of containment, raises questions about whether the old Cold War—and the emerging one with China—could have been avoided.
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hajek_jeffries4 The Philosophers Shaping Western Politics
From American academics to viral public intellectuals in Germany.
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Members of the National Public Security Force secure a Brazilian plaza. What in the World?
Test yourself on the week of Jan. 14: China’s birthrates fall, New Zealand’s prime minister resigns, and Italy arrests a mob boss.
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A Taliban fighter stands guard as women wait in a queue during a World Food Program cash distribution in Kabul. Taliban ‘Men-Only’ Aid Edict Divides Charity Community
The World Food Program seems poised to carry on, driving NGOs to call it quits on aid.
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A close-up of the U.S. State Department seal, with an eagle. The U.S. Lets Ambassador Posts Sit Empty for Years. China Doesn’t.
Crucial posts remain unfilled due to good old-fashioned Washington dysfunction.
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Then-Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó speaks. The World Is Done Waiting for Guaidó
The ouster of Venezuela’s would-be interim president has left U.S. policy in limbo, rapprochement in the air, and a legal mess for all.
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A demonstrator with an Iranian flag and red hands painted on her face attends a rally in support of Iranian protests, in Paris on October 9, 2022. Iran’s Protests Are Nowhere Near Revolutionary
Many say the “Woman, Life, Freedom” movement will threaten the regime this year. They’re wrong.
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In this photograph taken on May 2, 2019, Benjamin Harnwell poses at the Trisulti Monastery Certosa di Trisulti in Collepardo, Italy. Steve Bannon’s Man in Italy Has Big Plans
The Roman franchise of “War Room” is trying to go legitimate.
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The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power's Valley Generating Station in Sun Valley, California, on Dec. 11, 2008. Is America’s Climate Policy Helping—or Hurting—the World?
A climate envoy who has advised four U.S. presidents responds to European and Asian complaints over the Inflation Reduction Act.
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French First Lady Brigitte Macron (left) and French Education Minister Pap Ndiaye visit a classroom in Paris. What in the World?
Test yourself on the week of Jan. 7: Russia advances in Ukraine, Myanmar strikes India, and France debates education reforms.
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Then-U.S. Vice President Joe Biden gestures during a speech at Tel Aviv University in Israel on March 11, 2010. Biden was in the Middle East to meet Palestinian and Israeli leaders, including Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and then-Israeli President Shimon Peres. Biden Is About to Have His Hands Full in the Middle East
Iran and Israel may set Washington’s agenda for the next two years.
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Italian MP Aboubakar Soumahoro casts his ballot for the new president of the Chamber of Deputies in Rome. Italy’s Only Black MP Is Tangled in In-Laws’ Migrant Exploitation Scandal
Aboubakar Soumahoro’s case has become a flashpoint for the right wing.
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Brazilians celebrate with fireworks marking the start of the new year in Santos, Brazil. Why the World Feels Different in 2023
From climate negotiations to sports to diplomacy, the global south is becoming more powerful.
