Commentary

Steven Erlanger, Carla Anne Robbins, and Peter Spiegel join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

Elizabeth Shackelford explains why press freedom is more than an important feature of democracy—it's a foreign policy priority.

While some areas of the world continue to see population growth—many countries in Africa, for example—fertility rates are falling everywhere else. What does that mean for geopolitics?

Susan Glasser, James Harding, and Edward Luce join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

Food insecurity plays a critical and complex role in Myanmar's current political turmoil, and has played a similar role in uprisings of the past.

Nirmal Ghosh, Elise Labott, and Gideon Rachman join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

Former US Special Envoy for Israeli Palestinian Negotiations Martin Indyk joined us after the 2021 cease-fire between Israel and Hamas to explore the pattern driving the violence.

Elizabeth Shackelford discusses global opinion of America under the Biden administration.

Stefan Kornelius, Philip Stephens, and Halley Toosi join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

As a critical NATO ally and strategically located partner, Turkey's assertive foreign policy strategy has global implications.