September 5, 2019
United StatesPresident Trump has threatened to make U.S. companies leave China. Can he do that?
December 5, 2019
UkraineThe summit will feature the highest-profile talks in years on the war between Ukraine and Russia-backed separatists, but the parties will have to bridge major divides to find a permanent end to the c…
October 30, 2019
IraqIraq’s struggling economy and government corruption sparked the protests, in which hundreds have died. The governing elite appears shaky, and the stability of the country is at stake.
October 8, 2019
North KoreaDenuclearization talks over the weekend ended in another stalemate, and it remains to be seen if negotiations will resume in the coming weeks.
October 4, 2019
JapanThe United States and Japan have agreed to a trade deal, but critics say the deal isn’t as good as what it replaced.
July 3, 2019
United StatesA look at the post-9/11 war powers law that the Trump administration could use to justify conflict with Iran.
June 24, 2019
TurkeyAfter his party suffered a humiliating loss in Istanbul, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is down but far from out.
June 18, 2019
IranThe narrow and congested Mideast waterway has become a site of escalating U.S.-Iran tensions. Conflict in the wake of tanker attacks there could jolt global oil supplies.
May 24, 2019
IndiaPrime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist party resoundingly won the general election following a divisive campaign, but it is not yet clear how the results should be interpreted.
May 17, 2019
IranNeither Iran nor the United States likely wants war, but the possibility of a miscommunication is considerable, risking a dangerous escalation.