World Politics ReviewVenezuela Venezuela’s ‘Unprecedented’ Military Offensive Raises Border Tensions With Colombia worldpoliticsreview.com - Benjamin Wilhelm Venezuela recently launched a military offensive against a faction of Colombian guerrillas that is active near the two countries’ border. …
World Politics ReviewAsia India’s Ties With Bangladesh Are Thriving—for Now worldpoliticsreview.com - Aryaman Bhatnagar Since becoming prime minister of Bangladesh in 2008, Sheikh Hasina has cultivated warm ties with neighboring India, effectively managing several …
World Politics ReviewPolitical Systems Peru’s Political Nightmare Just Got Worse worldpoliticsreview.com - Frida Ghitis In the past year, Peruvians have seen their political system careen off the rails, culminating in last weekend’s first-round presidential …
World Politics ReviewCities The Middle East Looks to Innovate Its Way Out of a Water Crisis worldpoliticsreview.com - Dario Sabaghi Rapid population growth, urbanization, economic development and climate change are putting new pressure on the Middle East’s water supply. …
World Politics ReviewChina No End in Sight to U.S.-China Tensions Over Taiwan worldpoliticsreview.com - Rachel Cheung, Benjamin Wilhelm On Monday, China’s military flew 25 warplanes through Taiwan’s air defense identification zone. The provocative move came as the …
World Politics ReviewFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoGeography Africa’s ‘Demographic Dividend’ Won’t Pay Off Without Purpose and Policy worldpoliticsreview.com - Howard W. French For anyone interested in understanding the global economy of the recent past or in projecting the shape of things to come in world affairs in the …
World Politics ReviewUK Politics The U.K.’s Misguided Effort to Criminalize Protests worldpoliticsreview.com - Prachi Vidwans A controversial crime bill in the U.K. is sparking an uproar, with critics arguing that its overly broad provisions could turn legitimate public …
World Politics ReviewU.S. Intelligence Community The U.S. Intelligence Community Looks Ahead With Anxiety worldpoliticsreview.com - Emily Taylor Every four years, the U.S. intelligence community, led by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, publishes its Global Trends report …
World Politics ReviewLatin America Colombia’s Shaky Peace Deal Needs Biden’s Support worldpoliticsreview.com - Andrés García Trujillo More than four years after its historic peace agreement with the FARC, Colombia is at risk of losing most of the security gains from the hard-won …
World Politics ReviewLatin America AMLO’s Young Supporters Are Having Buyer’s Remorse worldpoliticsreview.com - Nili Blanck In 2018, young people in Mexico turned out in unprecedented numbers to vote for Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador. Now, they are turning away from the …
World Politics ReviewMilitary Post-Coup Myanmar Could Become a Failed State worldpoliticsreview.com - Joshua Kurlantzick In response to mass protests against the Feb. 1 coup, Myanmar’s military has escalated a bloody crackdown, killing hundreds of …
World Politics ReviewEnvironment The ‘30x30’ Campaign to Save the Biosphere worldpoliticsreview.com - Stewart M. Patrick An extraordinary global campaign has emerged recently to protect 30 percent of Earth’s total surface from human exploitation by 2030. The …
World Politics ReviewMiddle East A ‘New Middle East’? Not Quite worldpoliticsreview.com - Frederick Deknatel Some things in the Middle East haven’t changed in the past seven years—like the prospects for justice and accountability in …
World Politics ReviewLatin America Latin America’s Surprisingly Resilient Democracies worldpoliticsreview.com - Richard E. Feinberg, Benjamin N. Gedan Nowadays, it is common to hear about Latin America as a cautionary tale, a flashing red light reminding us of the fragility of new democratic …
World Politics ReviewEast Africa Another Round of Failed Talks on Ethiopia’s Nile Dam worldpoliticsreview.com - Andrew Green Tensions were already high heading into the latest round of negotiations to resolve a decade-long dispute between Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia, over …
World Politics ReviewU.S. Military With Armed Drones, Smaller Can Be Just as Bad worldpoliticsreview.com - Charli Carpenter The U.S. Air Force just successfully test-launched a new weaponizable drone, the smallest drone in operation. There is nothing objectionable about …
World Politics ReviewChina-U.S. Relations No U.S. President Has Ever Visited Central Asia. Biden Can Change That worldpoliticsreview.com - Wilder Alejandro Sanchez While U.S. officials often view Central Asia through the lens of competition with China and Russia, it is important to the U.S. in its own right, and …
World Politics ReviewVaccination Vaccinate the Americas worldpoliticsreview.com - Eric Farnsworth The White House announcement last month that the U.S. will offer millions of COVID-19 vaccines to Canada and Mexico is a welcome move. But for …
World Politics ReviewFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoForeign Policy ‘Achieving a Better Outcome’: Matt Duss on a Progressive U.S. Foreign Policy worldpoliticsreview.com - The Editors Over the course of the past five years, a number of figures on the Democratic Party’s left wing, supported by grassroots organizations and advocacy …
World Politics ReviewIsrael Israel’s Latest Election Could Realign Its Politics worldpoliticsreview.com - Mairav Zonszein Last month’s election in Israel—the fourth in two years—produced inconclusive results, much like the last three. …
World Politics ReviewMark Rutte A Very Dutch Scandal worldpoliticsreview.com - Frida Ghitis Two weeks ago, Prime Minister Mark Rutte looked like the clear winner after leading his party to a comfortable victory in an otherwise muddled …
World Politics ReviewChina Why China’s ‘Wolf Warriors’ Won’t Back Down worldpoliticsreview.com - Rachel Cheung, Benjamin Wilhelm China’s “wolf warrior” diplomacy may have backfired in Australia, Canada and France, but in a sign of its hardening …
World Politics ReviewChina The Dangers of Groupthink on China worldpoliticsreview.com - Judah Grunstein There is nothing so difficult or so important as thinking independently amid a gathering consensus. Few people have the courage of Rep. Barbara Lee, …
World Politics ReviewLatin America A Cornered Bolsonaro Is Bad News for Brazil’s Democracy worldpoliticsreview.com - Oliver Stuenkel Facing the toughest political crisis of his tenure so far, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is surrounding himself with loyalists and trying to …
World Politics ReviewWorld Politics Japan Makes a Model Partner for a ‘Global Britain’ worldpoliticsreview.com - Emily Taylor A prominent element of the U.K.’s Integrated Review is its “tilt” toward the Indo-Pacific. While the planned deployment …
World Politics ReviewEast Africa Tigray Is Being Deliberately Starved to Death worldpoliticsreview.com - Alex de Waal The U.N. estimates that 4.5 million people in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region are in need of food assistance—80 percent of the …
World Politics ReviewAfrica The “Senegalese Exception” Loses Its Luster worldpoliticsreview.com - Samba Dialimpa Badji Senegal is commonly cited as an example of successful governance in Africa, due to its stability and its rather peaceful democracy. But last …
World Politics ReviewU.S. Elections Is Peru’s Crowded Presidential Election a Bridge to Nowhere? worldpoliticsreview.com - Simeon Tegel In a country long plagued by political malfeasance, jaded Peruvians like to say that they usually cast their ballot for the “least …
World Politics ReviewWorld Politics A Concert of Powers Is an Idea Whose Time Has Come—and Gone worldpoliticsreview.com - Stewart M. Patrick In the latest issue of Foreign Affairs, two luminaries of the U.S. foreign policy establishment make a provocative, seductive but ultimately …
