Commentary and Analysis

Bruce Jentleson joins the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission for a hearing on the collateral effects of economic sanctions programs.

Robert Muggah argues that city institutions and infrastructure having the ability to anticipate, respond to, and learn from shocks and stresses is essential.

"I don't think he's trying to apologize or recognize any fault of the Islamic Republic... if he goes back one step, the revolution will come two steps forward."

"Rumors, lies and misinformation played a decisive role in the first round, and they will play an even greater role in the second," writes Robert Muggah.

Two weeks after his "much-derided" trip abroad, Yoon Suk-yeol continues to hemorrhage public support, writes Karl Friedhoff.

Putin “has not learned the first law of holes, which is that if you're in one you stop digging,” Ivo Daalder tells CNN’s Fredricka Whitfield.

Bruce Jentleson joins the Global Dispatches Podcast to discuss what have the sanctions against Russia have accomplished, and what they could possibly lead to.

Scott MacMillan recalls 2015 World Food Prize winner Fazle Hasan Abed's legacy and its impact on food security.

While calls for reform are understandable, they are not going to happen—nor should they, Paul Poast argues.

Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian, Jamil Anderlini, and Bobby Ghosh join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.