Commentary and Analysis

Senior Fellow Elizabeth Shackelford remarks on the foreign policy details of President Biden's 2023 State of the Union address.

"No Brazilian leader has been so effusively pro-miner—or anti-Indigenous—as the former army captain and gold-prospecting hobbyist Bolsonaro,” writes Rob Muggah.

Deborah Amos, Bobby Ghosh, and Philip Stephens join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

Just weeks after his return to power, the Netanyahu government threatens democracy.

The fallout from the removal of President Pedro Castillo has revealed a young democracy in dire straits.

The South Korean public is lukewarm about reforms like extending the work week, Karl Friedhoff writes, but Yoon likely sees value in taking a harder line.

Jamil Anderlini, Elise Labott, and Peter Spiegel join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

As the global security environment becomes more challenging, the need to adapt alliances increases as well.

Can Peru’s democracy satisfy protester demands, or will it head into political chaos?

Western countries should use national and international tools to hinder Wagner’s growing global abuse, Elizabeth Shackelford writes.