Tanks, but No Tanks
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Tanks, but No Tanks

“If they don’t pay,” President Donald Trump warned of NATO allies, “I’m not going to defend them.” Currently, his official position is that the United States would reconsider its defense commitments if its allies fail to demonstrate resolve, pointing to the most visible benchmark of burden-sharing: the requirement for NATO members to spend 2 percent of their GDP on defense.  […]
DAVID LUBIN

Global Briefing

Truth Be Sold

Truth Be Sold

JULIANNA MUZYCZYSZYN
EuropeMagazineWorld
“I’m proud to be an American and believe in disseminating the truth, and that is why, after this newscast, I’m resigning.” Liz Wahl had gone off script. In 2014, the American anchor resigned live on a...
The Walking Debt

The Walking Debt

ZERN HEE CHUA
Asia/PacificMagazineWorld
China’s latest Five-Year Plan—the state’s primary policy blueprint—cements the country’s transition toward economic growth centered on productivity and social development. To achieve the latter, the c...
Mother Nature’s Double Burden

Mother Nature’s Double Burden

REMI TAKAHASHI
Asia/PacificWorld
Community-driven conservation initiatives approach environmental conservation through local participation, decentralized management, and the integration of community and Indigenous knowledge into cons...
Effigies, Cross-Dressing, and Flames: El Año Viejo in Quito, EcuadorPhotos

Effigies, Cross-Dressing, and Flames: El Año Viejo in Quito, Ecuador

LEYAD ZAVRIYEV
CultureMultimediaPhoto Essays and InfographicsWorld
It is impossible to be bored on Año Viejo (New Year’s Eve) in Ecuador’s capital city. The country blends rich traditions typical of many Latin American countries — like eating las doce uvas de la suer...

Africa Dispatch

The People’s Strongman

The People’s Strongman

BENJAMIN HADER
AfricaMagazineWorld
Accra, Ghana. Cheers erupt from the gathered crowd as a man’s name is announced. Clad in a red beret and a camouflage uniform, the national flag stitched onto his sleeve features a yellow star, not Ghana’s emblematic black one. Nevertheless, the spectators who have gathered for Ghanaian President Jo...
Imported Morality: How Colonialism Redrew the Sexual Thresholds of the Egypt

Imported Morality: How Colonialism Redrew the Sexual Thresholds of the Egypt

REMI TAKAHASHI
AfricaWorld
Building Nations: Modernism in the Post-Colonial Psyche

Building Nations: Modernism in the Post-Colonial Psyche

JACQUELINE DEAN
AfricaWorld
The Sahara Shuffle

The Sahara Shuffle

ELSA LEHRER
AfricaMagazineWorld
Child Soldier or Perpetrator? The Complicated Guilt of Dominic Ongwen

Child Soldier or Perpetrator? The Complicated Guilt of Dominic Ongwen

GIGI ALIOTO-PIER
AfricaWorld
White Gold, Red Flags

White Gold, Red Flags

ANNABEL WILLIAMS
AfricaAsia/PacificMagazineWorld
Immaculate Citizenship School Kinshasa

Immaculate Citizenship School Kinshasa

JUSTIN MESZLER
AfricaEducationMagazineReligionWorld

Asia/Pacific

Enshrined Conflict: The Paradox of the Yasukuni Shrine

Enshrined Conflict: The Paradox of the Yasukuni Shrine

MARCO SCHOELLERMAN
Asia/PacificWorld
The 1946 Tokyo War Crimes Trials, carried out by the Allied powers during postwar occupation, marked one of the first attempts to reckon with the atrocities committed by the Japanese Army during the S...
Cutting the Line

Cutting the Line

ISABELLA COLLINS
Asia/PacificMagazineWorld
In February 2025, Taiwan’s coast guard noticed something unusual in the Taiwan Strait. A Togolese-flagged cargo ship, the Hong Tai 58, had slowed near a submarine cable route connecting Taiwan to the...
Cricket Diplomacy in Crisis

Cricket Diplomacy in Crisis

MARCO SCHOELLERMAN
Asia/PacificWorld
“Nothing brings the people of the [Indian] subcontinent together more than our love for Cricket,” declared former Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, speaking to the Indian Parliament about his beli...
As Tides Turn, So Should Japan’s Takaichi

As Tides Turn, So Should Japan’s Takaichi

ZERN HEE CHUA
Asia/PacificEconomyWorld
The “Lost Decade(s)” that have beleaguered the Japanese economy are rarely lost on anyone. In 1985, the Plaza Accord strengthened the Japanese yen. This, alongside overzealous financial deregulation,...
No Path Across

No Path Across

LIVIA VENDITTI
EuropeMagazineWorld
Breaking Bread

Breaking Bread

MICHAELA HANSON
EuropeMagazineWorld
Citizens Without a Vote: America’s Forgotten Territories

Citizens Without a Vote: America’s Forgotten Territories

SHANT ISPENDJIAN
ElectionsUnited StatesWorld
Spray-Painting Politics: From Bed-Stuy to La BocaPhotos

Spray-Painting Politics: From Bed-Stuy to La Boca

LEYAD ZAVRIYEV
MediaMultimediaPhoto Essays and InfographicsWorld
Battle of the Clocks

Battle of the Clocks

SABINE CLADIS
MagazineWorld
In 1947, members of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists created the notorious “Doomsday Clock,” a symbolic representation of humanity’s impending doom. The clock inches forward when climate change accelerates and turns back when wars end; midnight represents catastrophe. The clock is not an empiri...
Stateless Neighbors

Stateless Neighbors

FABIANA CONWAY
Latin AmericaMagazineWorld
Inaction Speaks Louder than Words

Inaction Speaks Louder than Words

ALEXIA LARA
EuropeWorld
Political Chameleons in Latin America

Political Chameleons in Latin America

NATALIA BANOS DELGADO
Latin AmericaWorld
Czechmate: How Moscow Rewrote the Czech Parliamentary Election

Czechmate: How Moscow Rewrote the Czech Parliamentary Election

MICHAELA HANSON
EuropeWorld

Europe

Military Makeover

Military Makeover

JULIANNA MUZYCZYSZYN
EuropeMagazineWorld
Moscow’s Shift from Wagner to AfricaCorps signals greater control over African affairs

Middle East

From Dubai to Space: The Strategy Behind the UAE’s Tech Modernization Efforts

From Dubai to Space: The Strategy Behind the UAE’s Tech Modernization Efforts

SIYUAN SHUI
Middle EastScienceWorld
On July 19, 2020, the United Arab Emirates Space Association (UAESA) launched a rocket named Hope into space in celebration of the country’s 50th anniversary. Hope went into orbit around Mars to trans...
This is no Hunger Games: How Famine Can Bring Israelis and Gazans Together

This is no Hunger Games: How Famine Can Bring Israelis and Gazans Together

OPHIR BERRIN
Middle EastWorld
Gazans have turned to the mallow weed called khubeza for sustenance amidst the precarious and pervasive hunger of the Israel-Hamas war, just as Israelis relied on khubeza during the siege of Jerusalem...
Protest, Power, and Policing: An Interview with Miguel Sanchez

Protest, Power, and Policing: An Interview with Miguel Sanchez

BENJAMIN STERN
InterviewsLaw/JusticeMiddle EastRhode Island
Miguel Sanchez is the Majority Whip of the Providence City Council from Ward 6 and an outspoken activist for Palestinian freedoms. In October 2023, Sanchez was fired from his position in Governor Dani...
A New Line in the Sand

A New Line in the Sand

GIGI ALIOTO-PIER
MagazineMiddle EastWorld
Saudi Arabia’s new megacity has more to do with geopolitical maneuvering than reducing excess.

Latin America

Dollar Cronyism

Dollar Cronyism

ANDREA FUENTES
EconomyLatin AmericaMagazineWorld
Trump’s proposed bailout of Argentina politicizes US currency policy
Globalization, Inequality, and Populist Cycles in Latin America

Globalization, Inequality, and Populist Cycles in Latin America

ANDREA FUENTES
Latin AmericaWorld
El Salvador: The Chrysalis State

El Salvador: The Chrysalis State

ANONYMOUS
Latin AmericaWorld
Comuna 13: A Model for Balancing Tourism and Community Preservation

Comuna 13: A Model for Balancing Tourism and Community Preservation

KAYLA MORRISON
Latin AmericaWorld

South America

Patron Saints of the Beast: Women in Southern Mexico Meet Migrant Trains With Food, Not Fear

Patron Saints of the Beast: Women in Southern Mexico Meet Migrant Trains With Food, Not Fear

MATEO NAVARRO
South AmericaWorld
A statement by President Donald Trump on November 1, 2018: “Mass, uncontrolled immigration is especially unfair to the many wonderful, law-abiding immigrants already living here who followed the rules...
Brazil and the United States: How Far-Right Social Media Rhetoric Incites Democratic Backsliding

Brazil and the United States: How Far-Right Social Media Rhetoric Incites Democratic Backsliding

KAYLA MORRISON
South AmericaWorld
On January 8, thousands of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s supporters rioted in Brasília to protest what they falsely claimed was a stolen election. They broke into and vandalized three ma...
Cadastre Disaster

Cadastre Disaster

SARAH ROBERTS
South AmericaWorld
How land registries are used to steal indigenous territory
The Peso Problem: Argentina’s Economic Crisis

The Peso Problem: Argentina’s Economic Crisis

ANDREAS RIVERA YOUNG
South AmericaWorld
A street artist is painting on a canvas of pesos. Families are taking handfuls of money to the grocery store, just to encounter confusion about the price of groceries. In Argentina, runaway inflation...

Regional Perspectives

Stolen Vows

Stolen Vows

MITSUKI JIANG
Asia/PacificMagazineWorld
Kyrgyzstan’s bride kidnapping “tradition” is not as ancient as it seems
The Greatest Rivalry in Sports: How Extreme Soccer Fans Combat the State

The Greatest Rivalry in Sports: How Extreme Soccer Fans Combat the State

OPHIR BERRIN
Middle EastWorld
Ultra soccer fans have become deeply influential due to their unpredictable violence, which can be harnessed against the state when ultras face existential political threats to their survival.
The Chilean Democracy: Unwritten and Thriving

The Chilean Democracy: Unwritten and Thriving

NEVE DIAZ-CARR
South AmericaWorld
A hopeful analysis of the fate of the Chilean Constitution and the future of Chilean democracy
Castillo’s Turmoil: How Institutions Hamper Peru’s New Leader

Castillo’s Turmoil: How Institutions Hamper Peru’s New Leader

GABRIELA PAZ-SOLDAN
South AmericaWorld
Staff writer Gabriela Paz-Soldan argues that Pedro Castillo’s unstable administration in Peru is constrained by flawed institutions, rebutting his opposition’s calls for his removal as an answer to th...