A black market has been growing for years. This escalation puts a new spotlight on it.
China hawks were no match for the world’s most valuable company.
“Fog of war” is the least of it.
America’s new “neoroyalist” foreign policy.
According to Trump’s new national security strategy, America is done with “democracy promotion”…except in Europe.
As the US considers strikes on Venezuela, another Latin American country has caught the president’s attention.
How the Secretary of State is trying to balance his hawkish instincts against his MAGA doctrine.
How to do the most good possible with the money you give.
One of humanity’s biggest achievements may be slipping away.
The world is aging out of killing one another.
An end to the war in Ukraine may not be possible as long as Russia’s president is still in power.
Venezuela and the new war on terror, explained.
The fall of El Fasher and Sudan’s ongoing conflict, explained by an expert.
What makes this plan different from all the others?
It’s more subtle than Skynet.
The lovefest has limits.
The “pharmacy of the world” needs to reinvent itself.
Or they could save it.
New data shows foreign PhD enrollment remains steady, but the risks to America’s foreign talent pipeline are growing.
How Chinese hackers tricked Claude into hacking governments and companies all on its own.
The global backlash to Trump’s politicization of US intelligence, explained.
Four questions about the Sudanese civil war, answered.
We’ve forgotten how radical household appliances are.
The world is finally waking up to this brutal war. But that doesn’t mean an end to it is coming soon.
Movies like A House of Dynamite get a lot right. But they’re missing an important danger.
The Supreme Court might take away Trump’s international weapon of first resort.
A trade truce, a nuclear threat: What to make of the Trump-Xi meeting.
The president’s peacemaking claims range from partly true to misleading to baffling.
Trump is mad at an anti-tariff ad from Canada — so he’s ratcheting up his tariffs.
Colombia’s president accused Trump of “murder.” Trump is retaliating with sanctions.
Airstrikes, bounties, a military build-up: This could be about drugs — or it could be the start of regime change.
This technology could feed a world of 10 billion. We’re squandering it, and the trade war with China could make it worse.
Israel’s election, scheduled for next October, could decide whether Gaza sees a real and durable peace.
Trump played a part — but there are also broader reasons why it happened now.
People are joyful — but Hamas is asserting its power.
Trump-style diplomacy made the deal work, and could undo it.
It’s worth celebrating. But there’s reason to fear what it portends.
We’ve made tremendous progress against famine — but hunger hasn’t disappeared.