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Gauri Khanna
The complete archive / 2018–2026
A record of questions.
456 articles, in chronological order. Open a year to browse every original title; each entry leads to its existing article.
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2026 — 41 articles
- 18/10 — Trump Delays Russia Sanctions as Energy Crisis Exposes Limits of Economic Coercion
- 04/10 — Georgia’s Parliamentary Dispute Deepens as Opposition Challenges Democratic Legitimacy
- 27/09 — Morocco Election Exposes the Limits of Economic Growth Without Political Trust
- 20/09 — Sweden Election Gives Centre-Left Narrow Lead as Europe’s Rightward Shift Meets Resistance
- 13/09 — BRICS Summit in New Delhi Shows Both the Promise and Limits of a Multipolar World
- 06/09 — France Faces Another Political Crisis as Government Struggles to Control Debt
- 30/08 — India and China Resume Border Talks as Relations Continue Cautious Thaw
- 23/08 — Trump’s Fed Clash Reopens the Debate Over Central Bank Independence
- 16/08 — Trump and Putin Meet in Budapest as Ukraine Peace Deal Faces First Major Test
- 09/08 — Israel Approves Major West Bank Settlement Expansion as Two-State Solution Shrinks Further
- 02/08 — Taiwan Holds Major Military Drills as China Pressure Intensifies
- 26/07 — Trump Signs Russia-Ukraine Peace Framework as Territorial Dispute Is Frozen
- 19/07 — Thailand and Cambodia Agree New Border Ceasefire After Renewed Fighting
- 12/07 — NATO Pledges €70 Billion for Ukraine as Europe Takes Larger Security Role
- 05/07 — Trump Pushes for Ukraine Peace as Russia’s War Enters a New Diplomatic Phase
- 28/06 — NATO Summit Shifts More of Europe’s Defence Burden Away From Washington
- 21/06 — Colombia Elects Iván Cepeda as Petro’s Left-Wing Project Survives
- 14/06 — Trump Announces US-Iran Peace Deal After Months of War
- 07/06 — Pashinyan Wins Armenia Election Despite Russian Pressure
- 31/05 — India Overtakes Japan to Become World’s Fourth-Largest Economy
- 24/05 — India-Pakistan Water Dispute Deepens as Indus Treaty Becomes Strategic Leverage
- 17/05 — India and Pakistan Face New Crisis After Kashmir Attack
- 10/05 — Philippines Election Tests Marcos as Duterte Alliance Collapses
- 03/05 — India and EU Sign Historic Trade Deal After Nearly Two Decades of Negotiations
- 26/04 — US-Iran Peace Talks Stall as Oil Prices Surge Above $108
- 19/04 — US and Iran Reach Ceasefire Deal After Seven Weeks of War
- 12/04 — US-Iran Peace Talks Fail as Trump Orders Naval Blockade of Iranian Ports
- 05/04 — Trump Gives Iran Tuesday Deadline to Reopen Strait of Hormuz
- 29/03 — Iran War Enters Fifth Week as Washington Searches for an Exit
- 22/03 — Iran War Forces India to Confront the Cost of Strategic Dependence
- 15/03 — Iran War Drives Oil Above $100 as Strait of Hormuz Crisis Deepens
- 08/03 — Iran War Expands as Khamenei’s Son Mojtaba Is Chosen as Supreme Leader
- 01/03 — US and Israel Launch New War on Iran as Khamenei Is Killed
- 22/02 — Bangladesh Election Returns BNP to Power After Hasina Era
- 15/02 — Munich Security Conference Exposes a Transatlantic Alliance Being Rewritten
- 08/02 — Takaichi Wins Historic Supermajority in Japan Snap Election
- 01/02 — Trump Drops Greenland Tariff Threat After NATO Talks in Davos
- 25/01 — Myanmar Military-Backed Party Sweeps Election Held Amid Civil War
- 18/01 — Iran Protest Crackdown Deepens as Government Shuts Down Internet
- 11/01 — US Forces Capture Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela Raid
- 04/01 — Iran Protests Spread as Currency Collapse Turns Into a Crisis of Political Legitimacy
2025 — 53 articles
- 28/12 — Trump and Zelenskyy Say Ukraine Peace Deal Is Close but Territory Remains Unresolved
- 28/12 — Israel Becomes First Country to Recognise Somaliland as Independent State
- 21/12 — EU Agrees €90 Billion Ukraine Loan but Stops Short of Seizing Russian Assets
- 14/12 — José Antonio Kast Wins Chile Presidency in Sharp Rightward Shift
- 07/12 — Romania Water Crisis Leaves More Than 100,000 Without Safe Tap Water
- 30/11 — Trump Tightens Immigration Restrictions After Washington National Guard Shooting
- 23/11 — G20 Summit in Johannesburg Exposes a Growing Split Over the Global Economic Order
- 16/11 — Chile Election Sends Jeannette Jara and José Antonio Kast to December Runoff
- 09/11 — US Government Shutdown Nears an End After Record 40-Day Standoff
- 02/11 — Trump and Xi Reach One-Year Trade Truce After South Korea Summit
- 26/10 — Japan Has Chosen Sanae Takaichi to Lead Its Governing Party. If She Becomes Prime Minister, Japan Will Have Its First Female Leader and One of Its Most Conservative Governments in Years. Why a Country Defined for Decades by Pacifism Is Becoming Much More Comfortable With Power.
- 19/10 — Madagascar’s Protesters Wanted Rajoelina Gone. Now He Is Gone, and the Military Has Taken Power. Removing a Failed Government Is Much Easier Than Building a Better One.
- 12/10 — Madagascar’s Young People Are Protesting Over Water and Electricity. That Sounds Like a Local Infrastructure Problem. It Is Actually a Much Larger Question About What Makes a Government Legitimate.
- 05/10 — Georgia’s Ruling Party Says It Won Every Municipality. The Opposition Tried to Force Its Way Into the Presidential Palace. A Country That Once Seemed Almost Certain to Join Europe Is Now Fighting Over What “Europe” Even Means.
- 28/09 — Moldova Is Voting Between Europe and Russia. Can a Small Democracy Remain Politically Sovereign When Much Larger Powers Can Influence Its Politics Without Crossing Its Border.
- 21/09 — Britain, Canada, Australia and Others Are Preparing to Recognise Palestine. Recognition Matters, but a State Cannot Survive on Diplomatic Recognition Alone.
- 14/09 — Nepal’s Government Tried to Ban Social Media. Days Later, the Prime Minister Was Gone. The Protests Were Never Really Just About Social Media.
- 07/09 — Xi, Putin and Modi Just Stood Together in China. The Image Matters Because the World Is No Longer Dividing Neatly Into an American Bloc and an Anti-American One.
- 31/08 — Four Years After the Taliban Returned to Power, Afghanistan Is More Stable and Less Free. That Combination Is Exactly Why the Regime Is Difficult to Understand.
- 24/08 — Trump Says America Will Help Guarantee Ukraine’s Security. That May Be More Important Than the Territory Ukraine Eventually Loses or Keeps.
- 17/08 — Trump Gave Putin a Red-Carpet Welcome in Alaska. There Is Still No Ceasefire. The Summit Has Changed Who Is Being Pressured to Compromise.
- 10/08 — More Western Governments Are Moving Towards Recognising Palestine. Recognition Cannot Create a State by Itself, but Refusing Recognition Until a Perfect State Already Exists Creates Its Own Circular Problem.
- 03/08 — Trump’s Tariffs Are Becoming Permanent. The World Is Not Returning to the Old Free-Trade System.
- 27/07 — Thailand and Cambodia Are Fighting Over Their Border. It Is a Reminder That a Line Drawn More Than a Century Ago Can Still Become More Politically Valuable Than the Land Around It.
- 20/07 — The Epstein Files Are Becoming a Political Problem for Trump. The Bigger Story Is What Happens When a Movement Built on Distrust of Institutions Finally Controls the Institutions It Said Were Hiding the Truth.
- 13/07 — NATO Has Agreed to Spend Far More on Defence. Trump Will Call It a Victory. Europe Should Ask Why It Took Doubting America to Make Europe Invest Seriously in Itself.
- 06/07 — Trump Has Signed His “One Big Beautiful Bill”. America Is Cutting Taxes, Increasing Defence and Border Spending, and Cutting Parts of the Safety Net at the Same Time. The Arithmetic Eventually Has to Meet the Politics.
- 29/06 — Israel and Iran Have Stopped Fighting. Trump Says the Nuclear Programme Was Destroyed. But a Ceasefire Is Not the Same Thing as Solving the Nuclear Problem.
- 22/06 — The United States Has Bombed Iran’s Nuclear Facilities. Trump Says the Programme Has Been “Obliterated”. The Harder Question Is Whether America Destroyed a Nuclear Threat or Changed Iran’s Incentive to Build a Bomb.
- 15/06 — Israel Has Attacked Iran’s Nuclear Programme. Iran Is Firing Ballistic Missiles Back. This Is What Happens When One Country Believes Waiting for Deterrence to Work Is More Dangerous Than Starting a War to Prevent It.
- 08/06 — Trump Has Sent the National Guard Into Los Angeles Against California’s Wishes. The Immigration Debate Is Becoming a Much Larger Argument About Who Actually Controls the State.
- 01/06 — Poland’s Nationalist Candidate Has Won the Presidency by Less Than Two Percentage Points. Europe Should Pay Attention to the 50–50 Country Emerging Across the Continent.
- 25/05 — Poland Votes Again Next Week. The Election Is Really About Whether Winning Government Is Enough When Your Opponents Still Control Institutions Capable of Stopping You.
- 18/05 — Romania Just Chose a Pro-European President Over the Nationalist Right. But Winning 54–46 Is Not the Same Thing as Defeating the Politics That Produced the 46.
- 11/05 — India Struck Pakistan. Pakistan Responded. Then Both Sides Stopped. The Most Important Question Is Whether This Was Successful Deterrence or Another Turn of an Escalation Cycle.
- 04/05 — India and Pakistan Are Preparing for the Possibility of Conflict. The Most Dangerous Part Is That Both Governments May Believe the Other Side Will Back Down First.
- 27/04 — Twenty-Six People Were Killed in Kashmir. India and Pakistan Are Escalating Again. The Hardest Question Is How a State Punishes Terrorism Without Giving Terrorists Control Over What States Do Next.
- 20/04 — Trump Wants Interest Rates Lower and Says Powell’s “Termination Cannot Come Fast Enough”. The Bigger Question Is Why Democracies Deliberately Give Unelected Central Bankers So Much Power.
- 13/04 — Trump Paused Most of His “Liberation Day” Tariffs After Markets Revolted. China Was the Exception. This Is Starting to Look Less Like a Global Trade War and More Like an Attempt to Reorganise the World Economy Around China.
- 06/04 — Trump Finally Announced His “Liberation Day” Tariffs. Markets Lost Trillions. The Most Important Problem May Not Be the Tariffs Themselves, but Whether Anyone Knows How Long They Will Last.
- 30/03 — Trump Is About to Announce His Biggest Tariffs Yet. The Real Change Is That Free Trade Is No Longer the Default Assumption of American Politics.
- 23/03 — Germany Is Preparing to Borrow Hundreds of Billions for Defence and Infrastructure. The Bigger Change Is That Europe’s Largest Economy Has Decided Fiscal Restraint Can Become a Security Risk.
- 16/03 — Trump Has Ordered Major Strikes on Yemen’s Houthis. The Problem Is That Destroying Missiles Is Easier Than Destroying the Incentive to Keep Firing Them.
- 09/03 — Assad Is Gone. Now Syria Faces the Test That Determines Whether a Revolution Becomes a State: Can the Winners Protect the People Associated With the Losers?
- 02/03 — Trump and Zelenskyy’s Oval Office Meeting Collapsed Into an Argument. The Bigger Issue Is What Happens When an Alliance Becomes a Negotiation Between Unequal Partners.
- 23/02 — Germany Has Voted. The Centre-Right Won, the Far Right Surged, and the Parties Actually Governing the Country Were Punished.
- 16/02 — Trump Says the Ukraine War Must End. The Hard Question Is Whether Ending a War Quickly Can Create the Conditions for the Next One.
- 09/02 — Trump Says America Could “Take Over” Gaza. The Proposal Reveals a Larger Problem: Reconstruction Is Easy to Discuss When the People Living There Are Treated as Variables Rather Than Political Actors.
- 02/02 — Trump Has Started a Trade War With America’s Closest Trading Partners. The Question Is Whether Tariffs Create Leverage Faster Than They Create Costs.
- 26/01 — Donald Trump Is President Again. His First Week Shows That the Central Argument of His Second Term Will Be About How Much a President Can Change Without Congress.
- 19/01 — Israel and Hamas Have Reached a Ceasefire Deal. The Hard Part Was Getting to an Agreement. The Harder Part May Be Making Sure Neither Side Decides It Is Better Off Breaking It.
- 12/01 — Los Angeles Is Burning. The Hardest Climate Question Is No Longer Whether Extreme Events Will Happen, but Who Pays When Risk Becomes Uninsurable.
- 05/01 — 2024 Was the Year Voters Punished Governments. 2025 May Be the Year We Find Out Whether the Alternatives Can Govern Better.
2024 — 51 articles
- 29/12 — Jimmy Carter Has Died at 100. His Life Is a Reminder That Losing an Election Does Not Have to Be the End of Political Relevance.
- 22/12 — Assad Is Gone. Now Syria Has to Avoid the Mistake That Has Destroyed So Many Revolutions: Winning the War and Losing the State.
- 15/12 — Bashar al-Assad’s Government Has Collapsed. After Thirteen Years of Civil War, the Hardest Question Is Who Actually Owns the Victory.
- 08/12 — South Korea’s President Declared Martial Law. Parliament Defeated It Within Hours. This Is What Institutions Are Supposed to Do.
- 01/12 — Georgia’s Government Has Suspended Its EU Bid. The Protests Show That Foreign Policy Can Become a Question of National Identity.
- 24/11 — Rich Countries Have Agreed to Provide $300 Billion a Year for Developing Countries. The Argument Is Whether That Number Is Large or Almost Meaningless.
- 17/11 — Trump Is Building His Second Administration. The Most Important Difference From 2016 Is That This Time He Knows Which Institutions Resisted Him.
- 10/11 — Donald Trump Has Won Again. This Time, Calling 2016 an Accident Is No Longer Possible.
- 03/11 — America Votes in Two Days. Whoever Wins, Nearly Half the Country May Believe Something Fundamental Has Gone Wrong.
- 27/10 — BRICS Is Getting Bigger. The More Important Question Is Whether More Members Actually Means More Power.
- 13/10 — BRICS Is Getting Bigger. The More Important Question Is Whether More Members Actually Means More Power.
- 06/10 — Iran Has Fired Ballistic Missiles at Israel Again. The Problem With “Restoring Deterrence” Is That Both Sides Are Trying to Do It at the Same Time.
- 29/09 — Israel Has Killed Hassan Nasrallah. Hezbollah Has Lost Its Leader of 32 Years. The Harder Question Is What Comes After Decapitation.
- 22/09 — Israel and Hezbollah Spent Eleven Months Trying to Avoid a Full War. They May Now Be Discovering That Limited Escalation Has a Limit.
- 15/09 — America Is About to Start Cutting Interest Rates. The Interesting Question Is Whether the Fed Has Actually Pulled Off the Soft Landing.
- 08/09 — Venezuela’s Opposition Says It Won the Election. Its Candidate Has Now Fled the Country. That Is the Difference Between Electoral Victory and State Power.
- 01/09 — Germany’s Far Right Has Won a State Election for the First Time Since the Nazi Era. The More Important Question Is Why Economic Improvement Has Not Produced Political Confidence.
- 25/08 — Modi Went to Moscow in July and Kyiv in August. That Is Not Neutrality. It Is India Trying to Maximise Diplomatic Freedom.
- 18/08 — Ukraine Has Invaded Russia. The Immediate Military Gain Matters Less Than What It Reveals About Risk, Surprise and Bargaining Power.
- 11/08 — Sheikh Hasina Has Fallen. Bangladesh’s Harder Test Is Whether Removing an Authoritarian Government Can Produce Better Institutions Rather Than Another Cycle of Political Revenge.
- 04/08 — Sheikh Hasina Looked Politically Unassailable. Then a Student Protest Became a Crisis of the State.
- 28/07 — Venezuela Is Voting Today. The Real Test Is Not Whether Ballots Are Cast, but Whether the Government Would Accept Losing.
- 21/07 — Joe Biden Has Left the Race. The Most Important Question Is Why It Took a Crisis for His Party to Confront the Problem.
- 14/07 — France Has Blocked the Far Right From Power. That Does Not Mean the Political Problem Producing the Far Right Has Been Solved.
- 07/07 — Labour Has Won a Landslide. That Does Not Mean Britain Suddenly Became a Labour Country.
- 30/06 — France’s Election Has Become a Test of Whether Blocking the Far Right Is Enough to Keep the Political Centre Alive.
- 23/06 — Macron Lost One Election and Immediately Called Another. The Gamble Is Whether Giving Voters More Power Can Cost Him His Own.
- 16/06 — The G7 Is Lending Ukraine $50 Billion Against Profits From Frozen Russian Assets. That Sounds Technical. It Is Actually a Major Change in How Economic Power Is Used in War.
- 09/06 — Narendra Modi Won a Third Term. Indian Voters Also Took Away His Party’s Majority. Both Facts Matter.
- 02/06 — The ANC Liberated South Africa. Thirty Years Later, Voters Have Told It That History Is Not a Permanent Mandate.
- 26/05 — Taiwan Has a New President. China Answered With War Games. The Real Contest Is Over Whether Pressure Changes Political Identity or Hardens It.
- 19/05 — Iran’s President Has Died. The More Important Question Is Why the Political System Can Continue Without Him.
- 12/05 — Georgia Says Its New Law Is About Transparency. Protesters Think It Is About Controlling Who Gets to Challenge the Government.
- 05/05 — American Universities Are Being Tested by Gaza Protests. The Hardest Question Is Not Whether Protest Should Be Allowed, but When Institutions Should Stop It.
- 28/04 — China Built Electric Cars the West Wants. Now the Argument Is Whether Being Too Competitive Has Become a Trade Problem.
- 21/04 — Nearly One Billion Indians Can Vote. The More Important Question Is Whether the World’s Largest Election Is Also Becoming a Fairer One.
- 14/04 — Iran Just Attacked Israel Directly for the First Time. The Most Dangerous Part Is That Both Sides May Believe They Can Control What Happens Next.
- 07/04 — Seven Aid Workers Were Killed in Gaza. The Larger Failure Is That Humanitarian Work Has Become This Dangerous.
- 31/03 — Erdoğan Won Turkey’s Presidency Less Than a Year Ago. His Party Just Suffered Its Worst Local-Election Defeat in Two Decades.
- 24/03 — Senegal’s Government Tried to Delay an Election. Its Institutions Pushed Back. That Is What Democratic Resilience Actually Looks Like.
- 17/03 — Russia Held an Election. An Election Without a Real Possibility of Losing Is Something Different.
- 10/03 — Haiti Still Has a Government. The Harder Question Is Whether It Still Has a State.
- 03/03 — People in Gaza Are Not Going Hungry Simply Because There Is No Food. The System That Moves Food to People Is Breaking Down.
- 25/02 — India’s Economy Is Growing Rapidly. The Harder Question Is Who Gets to Participate in That Growth.
- 18/02 — Indonesia Just Voted for Continuity. The Question Is Whether Continuity Is Becoming a Dynasty.
- 11/02 — Pakistan’s Establishment Could Shape the Election. It Could Not Completely Shape the Voters.
- 04/02 — Europe Just Gave Ukraine €50 Billion. Most of the Important Work Will Not Happen on the Battlefield.
- 28/01 — The ICJ Did Not Rule That Israel Is Committing Genocide. What It Did Say Still Matters.
- 21/01 — Iran and Pakistan Both Say They Were Fighting Terrorists. They Ended Up Bombing Each Other.
- 14/01 — America and Britain Have Bombed the Houthis. The Hard Question Is Whether Punishment Will Actually Make Them Stop.
- 07/01 — Nobody Says They Want a Regional War. That Does Not Mean the Region Cannot End Up in One.
2023 — 53 articles
- 31/12 — The Houthis Cannot Control Global Trade. They Have Discovered They Do Not Need To.
- 24/12 — Europe Has Finally Agreed on a New Migration System. The Hard Part Is Making Borders Both Controlled and Humane.
- 17/12 — The EU Has Agreed to Open Membership Talks With Ukraine. That Does Not Mean Ukraine Is Joining Anytime Soon.
- 10/12 — Milei Says Argentina Has No Alternative to Economic Shock. The Real Question Is Who Absorbs It.
- 03/12 — Climate Change Has Already Caused Damage That Cannot Be Adapted Away. Now Comes the Harder Question: Who Pays?
- 26/11 — Geert Wilders Won the Dutch Election. He Still Has to Convince Other Parties to Let Him Govern.
- 19/11 — Argentina Has Chosen Radical Change. Winning the Election Was the Easy Part.
- 12/11 — Portugal’s Prime Minister Resigned Without Being Convicted of Anything. That May Be What Political Responsibility Is Supposed to Mean.
- 05/11 — Pakistan Will Hold an Election in February. The More Important Contest Is Already Happening.
- 29/10 — Israel Has a Right to Defend Itself. That Does Not Mean Every Method of Defence Is Automatically Justified.
- 22/10 — Argentina Has Nearly 140% Inflation. Its Economy Minister Just Finished First.
- 15/10 — Poland’s Opposition May Have Defeated a Government Accused of Weakening Democratic Institutions. Now It Has to Repair Them Without Doing the Same Thing.
- 08/10 — Kevin McCarthy Prevented a Government Shutdown. Three Days Later, His Own Party Helped Remove Him.
- 01/10 — Ukraine’s Greatest Long-Term Vulnerability May Not Be Western Military Capacity. It May Be Western Political Patience.
- 24/09 — Canada Says India May Have Been Involved in a Killing on Canadian Soil. The Evidence Now Matters More Than the Politics.
- 17/09 — The Storm Hit Libya. The Scale of the Disaster Was Built Over Years.
- 10/09 — India Did Not Choose Between the West, Russia and the Global South at the G20. That May Be Exactly Why It Mattered.
- 03/09 — Gabon’s Election Was Deeply Distrusted. That Still Does Not Make a Military Coup Democratic.
- 27/08 — BRICS Is Getting Bigger. That Does Not Necessarily Mean It Is Becoming More Powerful.
- 20/08 — China’s Economic Model Helped Produce One of History’s Greatest Growth Stories. It May Now Be Becoming the Problem.
- 13/08 — Argentina’s Economy Has Failed So Repeatedly That Radical Change Is Starting to Look Less Risky Than the Status Quo.
- 06/08 — Imran Khan Has Been Sent to Prison. The Question Is Not Whether Politicians Should Face the Law, but Whether Pakistan’s Law Applies Politically.
- 30/07 — Niger’s Soldiers Say Democracy Failed to Provide Security. That Does Not Mean Soldiers Can.
- 23/07 — Spain Has Voted. The Party That Came First May Still Not Govern.
- 16/07 — NATO Says Ukraine Will Join. It Still Will Not Say When.
- 09/07 — Mark Rutte’s Government Collapsed Over Migration. Sometimes Compromise Is What Keeps Democracy Working. Sometimes Refusing It Does.
- 02/07 — France’s Riots Began With a Police Shooting. They Are About More Than One Police Officer.
- 25/06 — Modi’s Washington Visit Was Not Really About Friendship. It Was About Who Builds the Technologies That Will Define the Next Twenty Years.
- 18/06 — India and America Are Getting Closer. That Does Not Mean India Is Becoming an American Ally.
- 11/06 — The Kakhovka Dam Has Been Destroyed. Modern Wars Are Increasingly Fought Through the Systems Civilians Depend On.
- 04/06 — India Has Built a New Parliament. The More Important Question Is What Parliament Is Supposed to Represent.
- 28/05 — Turkey Has Inflation, a Weakened Currency and an Earthquake Recovery Crisis. Erdoğan Could Still Win Again.
- 21/05 — The G7 Does Not Want to Stop Trading With China. It Wants to Stop Being Unable to Function Without It.
- 14/05 — Turkey Is Holding a Real Election. That Does Not Mean the Playing Field Is Level.
- 07/05 — America Can Afford to Pay Its Debts. Congress May Still Prevent It From Doing So.
- 30/04 — Sudan’s Generals Started a War Neither Can Easily Afford to Lose.
- 23/04 — India Is Becoming the World’s Most Populous Country. That Is Neither Good News nor Bad News Yet.
- 16/04 — Sudan’s Democratic Transition Was Supposed to Transfer Power to Civilians. The Men With the Guns Never Really Transferred Theirs.
- 09/04 — Tsai Met McCarthy in California Instead of Taipei. China Still Surrounded Taiwan With Military Exercises.
- 02/04 — Sanna Marin Became One of Europe’s Most Recognisable Leaders. Finnish Voters Still Judged Her Government on Finland.
- 26/03 — Macron’s Pension Reform May Be Constitutional. That Does Not Automatically Make It Politically Legitimate.
- 19/03 — If Banks Know Governments Will Rescue the System, Why Should They Ever Be Careful?
- 12/03 — Georgia’s Government Says It Wants Transparency Over Foreign Influence. Protesters Think It Is Borrowing Russia’s Method of Silencing Critics.
- 05/03 — Two Trains Were Put on the Same Track. Calling That “Human Error” Does Not Explain Enough.
- 26/02 — Nigeria Has Voted. The Harder Task Is Convincing Nigerians That Their Votes Became the Result.
- 19/02 — Russia Does Not Need to Invade Moldova to Make Moldova Less Stable.
- 12/02 — Turkey Could Not Prevent the Earthquake. That Does Not Mean Every Death Was Unpreventable.
- 05/02 — Pakistan Thought It Had Contained the Taliban Insurgency. Peshawar Suggests the Problem Was Never Really Gone.
- 29/01 — India Blocked a BBC Documentary About Modi. The Argument Is Now About More Than the Documentary.
- 22/01 — Jacinda Ardern Is Resigning. Perhaps Knowing When to Leave Is Part of Governing Well.
- 15/01 — Netanyahu Won an Election. How Much Power Should Winning Actually Give Him?
- 08/01 — One Week After Lula Took Office, Bolsonaro Supporters Stormed Brazil’s Congress, Supreme Court and Presidential Palace.
- 01/01 — Lula Is President Again. Brazil’s Institutions Did Not Need Bolsonaro’s Permission.
2022 — 53 articles
- 25/12 — The Taliban Has Banned Women From University. This Is Not Only a Human-Rights Disaster. It Is a Strategy for Power.
- 18/12 — Peru Stopped Castillo’s Attempt to Break the Constitution. That Does Not Give the New Government Unlimited Power to Defend It.
- 11/12 — Pedro Castillo Was Democratically Elected. That Did Not Give Him the Right to Dissolve Democracy.
- 04/12 — China’s Blank Sheets of Paper May Be Saying Something More Important Than Any Slogan Could.
- 27/11 — Anwar Ibrahim Finally Became Malaysia’s Prime Minister. His Hardest Compromise Came After He Won.
- 20/11 — Rich Countries Have Finally Accepted the Principle of Paying for Climate Damage. Now Comes the Difficult Part.
- 13/11 — Inflation Was Supposed to Decide the Midterms. American Voters Had Other Things on Their Minds.
- 06/11 — Lula Won Brazil by 1.8 Percentage Points. Winning the Country Will Be Harder.
- 30/10 — Britain Has Its First British Asian Prime Minister. Representation Matters, but It Is Not the Same Thing as Equality.
- 23/10 — Liz Truss Lasted 44 Days. Britain May Be Politically Chaotic Without Being Institutionally Unstable.
- 16/10 — Iraq Finally Has a President. It Took an Entire Year After the Election.
- 09/10 — Iran Looked Stable Until Thousands of People Discovered They Were Not Alone.
- 02/10 — Liz Truss Can Change Britain’s Tax Rates. She Cannot Order Anyone to Trust Her.
- 25/09 — Britain Buried Its Queen. It Is Also Deciding What Her Seventy Years Meant.
- 18/09 — One in Five Swedish Voters Chose a Party the Political Establishment Once Refused to Work With.
- 11/09 — Britain Changed Its Prime Minister on Tuesday and Its Monarch on Thursday. The State Barely Stopped Moving.
- 04/09 — Chile Wanted a New Constitution. It Just Rejected the One It Was Given.
- 28/08 — Pakistan Is Under Water. Who Is Responsible for a Disaster No One Government Caused?
- 21/08 — Kenya’s Election Is Disputed Again. This Time, the Most Important Battle May Happen in Court.
- 14/08 — The FBI Searched a Former President’s Home. That Should Be Both Normal and Extraordinary.
- 07/08 — Pelosi Went to Taiwan. China Responded With Missiles. Was the Visit Worth It?
- 31/07 — Iraq Held an Election Nine Months Ago. It Still Doesn’t Have a Government.
- 24/07 — Sri Lanka Has Chosen a New President. Almost Nobody Voted for Him.
- 17/07 — Sri Lanka Got Rid of Its President. Now Comes the Harder Question: Who Has the Right to Replace Him?
- 10/07 — Sri Lanka’s Economy Collapsed. Yesterday, Its Government Nearly Did Too.
- 03/07 — The G7 Still Has Enormous Power. It No Longer Represents Most of the World.
- 26/06 — France Re-elected Macron. Then It Took Away His Parliamentary Majority.
- 19/06 — France Elected Macron President. It May Not Want Him to Govern Alone.
- 12/06 — America Is Investigating January 6. The Riot May Not Be the Most Important Part.
- 05/06 — Britain Is Celebrating 70 Years of a Queen Nobody Elected. Why Does That Still Work?
- 29/05 — Australia Changed Government. The More Interesting Change May Be Who Its Wealthiest Voters Abandoned.
- 22/05 — Finland and Sweden Want to Join NATO. Turkey Has Just Reminded Everyone That Alliances Are Not Democracies.
- 15/05 — Russia Wanted Less NATO Near Its Borders. Finland Has Just Decided to Join It.
- 08/05 — Sinn Féin Just Became Northern Ireland’s Largest Party. That Does Not Mean Ireland Is About to Reunify.
- 01/05 — Slovenia Just Gave a Party That Barely Existed a Landslide. Is That Democratic Renewal or Political Instability?
- 24/04 — Macron Has Won Again. That Does Not Mean France Has Chosen Macronism.
- 17/04 — France Still Has the Same Democracy. It No Longer Has the Same Political System.
- 10/04 — Imran Khan Has Been Removed. Pakistan’s Institutions May Have Just Passed a Harder Test.
- 03/04 — Imran Khan May Lose Power. The More Important Question Is Whether Pakistan’s Institutions Can Win.
- 27/03 — Myanmar’s Military Says It Will Not Negotiate. That May Be the Problem.
- 20/03 — Hong Kong’s Zero-COVID Strategy Worked. Then the Virus Changed.
- 13/03 — Europe Thought Trading With Russia Would Make War Less Likely. Now Trade Is Part of the War.
- 06/03 — Ukraine Is Asking NATO to Close Its Skies. Saying No May Be the Least Bad Option.
- 27/02 — Russia Invaded Ukraine. The European Security Order We Have Been Discussing for Months Just Failed.
- 20/02 — Ukraine Gave Up Its Nuclear Weapons. What Did It Actually Receive in Return?
- 13/02 — The Crisis Is in Europe. So Why Does Europe Still Look Like the Middleman?
- 06/02 — America Is Publicly Revealing What It Says Russia Is Planning. That May Be Part of the Strategy.
- 30/01 — Italy Spent a Week Trying to Find a New President. It Ended Up Asking the Old One to Stay.
- 23/01 — Everyone Is Warning Russia Not to Invade Ukraine. What Happens If Putin Doesn’t Believe Them?
- 16/01 — Boris Johnson Says He Thought It Was a Work Event. That Isn’t Really the Most Important Question.
- 09/01 — Kazakhstan Looked Stable Until Last Week. Perhaps That Was the Problem.
- 09/01 — One Week After Lula Took Office, Bolsonaro Supporters Stormed Brazil’s Congress, Supreme Court and Presidential Palace.
- 02/01 — A Fuel Price Has Brought Kazakhs Into the Streets. It Probably Isn’t Only About Fuel.
2021 — 50 articles
- 26/12 — Libya Was Supposed to Elect a President This Week. It Couldn’t Agree on the Rules.
- 20/12 — Chile Got Richer. Its Voters Still Want to Change the System.
- 12/12 — Biden Invited the World’s Democracies to a Summit. First, Someone Had to Decide Who Counts.
- 05/12 — Russia Is Building Up Forces Near Ukraine. The Hardest Question Is Whether It Actually Intends to Use Them.
- 28/11 — South Africa Warned the World About Omicron. The World Responded by Closing Its Borders.
- 21/11 — Austria Is Planning to Make COVID Vaccination Compulsory. How Much Choice Do We Give Up to Protect Everyone Else?
- 14/11 — One Word Nearly Broke COP26. That Word Explains the Entire Problem.
- 07/11 — Everyone Agrees Climate Change Is a Problem. That Is the Easy Part.
- 31/10 — Sudan’s Generals Have Taken Power. The Warning Signs Were Already There.
- 24/10 — Sudan Removed a Dictator. It Never Really Removed the System That Kept Him in Power.
- 17/10 — More Than 200 People Died in Beirut. A Year Later, Lebanon Is Fighting Over Whether Anyone Can Be Held Responsible.
- 10/10 — Poland Doesn’t Want to Leave the EU. It Wants to Decide Which EU Rules Apply.
- 03/10 — The Pandora Papers Reveal Something Bigger Than Tax Avoidance
- 26/09 — Germany Has Voted. For the First Time in Sixteen Years, Merkel Wasn’t Really on the Ballot.
- 19/09 — America Says Alliances Are Back. France Just Recalled Its Ambassador.
- 12/09 — Guinea’s President Changed the Rules to Stay in Power. Then the Army Changed Them Again.
- 05/09 — The Last American Soldier Has Left Afghanistan. So What Did Twenty Years Achieve?
- 29/08 — The War Is Ending. The Terrorism Isn’t.
- 22/08 — The Taliban Won the War. Now It Has to Govern.
- 15/08 — Kabul Has Fallen. Twenty Years of War Ended in a Week.
- 08/08 — Five Provincial Capitals in Three Days. Afghanistan Is Starting to Look Very Different.
- 01/08 — America Is Leaving Afghanistan. The Taliban Isn’t Waiting.
- 25/07 — Tunisia’s Democracy Survived the Arab Spring. Can It Survive Its Own Failure to Govern?
- 18/07 — Cuba Is Protesting. The Argument Over Why Is Almost as Political as the Protests.
- 11/07 — Haiti’s President Was Assassinated. Who Governs the Country Now?
- 04/07 — Ethiopia Declared Victory. Seven Months Later, It Lost Mekelle.
- 27/06 — Holding an Election Does Not Necessarily Make a Democracy
- 20/06 — You Don’t Have to Trust Someone to Talk to Them
- 13/06 — The G7 Wants to Prove That Democracies Can Still Lead the World
- 06/06 — Can Governments Finally Catch Up With Global Companies?
- 29/05 — Belarus, Sanctions and the Limits of International Power
- 23/05 — A Ceasefire Is Not Peace
- 16/05 — Jerusalem, Gaza and the Problem With Choosing a Side
- 09/05 — India’s Second Wave Is Becoming a Political Crisis
- 02/05 — What Does an Election Really Tell Us?
- 25/04 — When Leadership Becomes a Responsibility
- 18/04 — 20 Years Later: When Is It Time to Leave?
- 11/04 — Diplomacy in Suspension: Negotiation Without Trust and Power Without Resolution
- 04/04 — Diplomacy at the Fault Lines: Elections, Alliances, and Strategic Signalling
- 28/03 — Diplomacy at the Fault Lines
- 21/03 — The Return of Strategic Bargaining
- 14/03 — The Limits of Moral Diplomacy
- 07/03 — Ceasefires, Credibility, and the Politics of Restraint
- 21/02 — Negotiation Without Concessions
- 14/02 — Disengagement, Legitimacy, and the Limits of Resolution
- 07/02 — America Returns, Red Lines Harden, and Diplomacy Is Put on Trial
- 31/01 — Justice, Legitimacy, and the Limits of Institutional Authority
- 24/01 — Climate, Credibility, and the Reassertion of Diplomacy
- 17/01 — Power, Perception, and Control in a Week of Global Politics
- 10/01 — Transitions, Thawing Tensions, and Strategic Positioning in Global Politics
2020 — 52 articles
- 27/12 — Stability and the Signals of Influence
- 20/12 — Contours of Cooperation and Credibility
- 13/12 — Influence in Uncertain Times
- 06/12 — Fragility and Foresight in an Interconnected World
- 29/11 — The Balance of Global Politics
- 22/11 — Patience, Signals, and the Mechanics of Global Influence
- 15/11 — Agreements, Fractures, and the Quiet Shape of Power
- 08/11 — After the Vote, Before the Shift
- 01/11 — The World on Hold Before a Decision
- 25/10 — Credibility as Currency in a Crowded International System
- 18/10 — Strategy Without Spectacle in a Tense Global Autumn
- 11/10 — Governance in an Age of Anticipation
- 04/10 — Elections, Expectations, and the Weight of Uncertainty
- 20/09 — Legitimacy, Pressure, and the Quiet Mechanics of Influence
- 20/09 — Power Tested Through Institutions, Not Battlefields
- 13/09 — Managing Rivalry Without Breaking Order
- 06/09 — Diplomacy Under Pressure in a Fragmented World
- 30/08 — Uncertainty as a Feature, Not a Flaw
- 23/08 — Europe’s Quiet Balancing Act
- 16/08 — Power, Patience, and Signals in the Indo Pacific
- 09/08 — Latin America Between Pressure and Adaptation
- 02/08 — Regional Security and Strategic Diplomacy in East Asia
- 26/07 — North and West Africa
- 19/07 — Middle East Dynamics
- 12/07 — Strategic Balance in the Indo-Pacific
- 05/07 — Shifting Tensions and Strategic Postures
- 28/06 — Local Governance and Civic Engagement: The Human Side of Reopening
- 21/06 — Education and Urban Life: Reopening in Tandem
- 14/06 — Transport and Mobility: Adapting to the New Normal
- 07/06 — Regional Economies in Transition
- 31/05 — Reopening Urban Life: Transport, Movement, and Adaptation
- 24/05 — Gradual Reopenings and the Complexities of Adjustment
- 17/05 — The Early Steps of Reopening
- 10/05 — How Policy Shapes Adaptation
- 03/05 — The World Starts Planning While Still Standing Still
- 26/04 — The World Pauses as Governments Weigh the Next Phase
- 19/04 — Learning in Real Time as Public Health Strategies Diverge
- 12/04 — The Politics of Medical Supply in a Strained World
- 05/04 — The Early Economics of a Global Slowdown
- 29/03 — When Uncertainty Becomes the New Global Language
- 22/03 — When Distance Became a New Form of Care
- 15/03 — The Week Leadership Stepped Into the Spotlight
- 08/03 — The New Shape of Daily Life
- 01/03 — Markets, Mood, and the Meaning of Uncertainty
- 23/02 — How a Global Health Crisis Reshaped Education Before Our Eyes
- 16/02 — How Early Pandemic Responses Tested Global Economies
- 09/02 — When Public Caution Turns Into a Social Mirror
- 02/02 — A World Beginning to Coordinate Its Fears
- 26/01 — When Economics Begins to Echo Global Anxiety
- 19/01 — Leadership in Moments When the Future Feels Unclear
- 12/01 — When Information Shapes the World More Quickly Than Diplomats
- 05/01 — Geopolitics at the Start of a New Year
2019 — 51 articles
- 29/12 — Why Legitimacy Must be Earned Long Before it can be Exercised
- 22/12 — Silent Power
- 15/12 — Repercussions. Significant Repercussions.
- 08/12 — The Quiet Architecture of Trust
- 01/12 — Small Decisions Big Repercussions
- 24/11 — When the World Holds Its Breath
- 17/11 — The Quiet Weight of Influence
- 10/11 — The Cost of Certainty
- 03/11 — Borders of the Mind
- 27/10 — The Weight of Small Decisions
- 20/10 — When Power Speaks in Silence
- 13/10 — The Quiet Weight of Borders
- 06/10 — Belonging and the Fragile Heart of a Nation
- 29/09 — The Weight of Political Symbols
- 21/09 — The Domestic Pulse Behind Foreign Policy
- 15/09 — Fault Lines in Modern Deterrence
- 08/09 — The Vigilance of Small States in a Fractured World
- 01/09 — The Distance Between Us
- 25/08 — Power, Morality, and the Quiet Cost of Ambition
- 18/08 — The Fragility of Truth
- 11/08 — When Empires Fade
- 04/08 — The Mirror of Power
- 28/07 — Beneath the Flag
- 21/07 — The Price of Certainty
- 14/07 — Shadows and Signals
- 07/07 — The Mirage of Progress
- 22/06 — The Politics of Memory
- 16/06 — The Anatomy of Power
- 09/06 — The Currency of Attention
- 02/06 — The Tyranny of Convenience
- 26/05 — Power in Silence
- 19/05 — The Age of Perception
- 12/05 — When Words Become Weapons
- 05/05 — Borders and Belonging
- 28/04 — The Mirror of History
- 21/04 — Echoes of Leadership
- 14/04 — The Pulse of Peace
- 07/04 — Lines on a Map
- 31/03 — The Weight of Words
- 24/03 — The Currency of Trust
- 17/03 — The Symphony of Collaboration
- 10/03 — The Strength of Stillness
- 03/03 — The Art of Adaptation
- 24/02 — Lessons in Falling
- 17/02 — The Measure of Courage
- 10/02 — The Power of Listening
- 03/02 — The Art of Clarity
- 27/01 — The Currency of Trust
- 20/01 — Between Reason and Heart
- 13/01 — The Compass Within: Ethics and Leadership
- 06/01 — The Compass Within: Ethics and Leadership
2018 — 52 articles
- 30/12 — Adaptability and Strategic Thinking in Leadership
- 23/12 — Reflection, Foresight, and Trust in Leadership
- 16/12 — The Weight of Small Decisions in Leadership
- 09/12 — Strategic Communication and Ethical Influence
- 02/12 — Resilience, Vision, and Ethical Foresight
- 25/11 — Emotional Intelligence in Leadership and Influence
- 18/11 — Accountability, Transparency, and Leadership Influence
- 11/11 — Vision, Influence, and Long-Term Planning
- 04/11 — Authority, Responsibility, and Ethical Judgment
- 28/10 — The Influence of Relationships and Trust Networks
- 21/10 — Foresight and Anticipation in Leadership
- 14/10 — Communication, Perception, and Ethical Influence
- 07/10 — Leadership and Ethics in Times of Crisis
- 30/09 — Influence and the Shaping of Culture
- 23/09 — Resilience and Adaptation
- 16/09 — Patience, Timing, and Strategy
- 09/09 — The Hidden Power of Perception
- 02/09 — Negotiation in a World of Conflict
- 26/08 — Trust and Credibility in Leadership
- 19/08 — Ethics, Influence, and Global Decision-Making
- 12/08 — Responsibility in the Age of Influence
- 05/08 — Information and the Shaping of Power
- 29/07 — Influence, Ethics, and Perception
- 22/07 — The Human Dimension of Leadership
- 15/07 — Shadows and Responsibility
- 08/07 — Ethics in Quiet Places
- 01/07 — The Weight of Decisions
- 24/06 — Empires of Influence
- 17/06 — The Cost of Silence
- 10/06 — Boarders and Belonging
- 03/06 — The Language of Power
- 27/05 — The Anatomy of Conflict
- 20/05 — The Psychology of Power
- 13/05 — The Psychology of Power
- 29/04 — The Silence Between Flags
- 22/04 — The Fragility of Truth
- 15/04 — The Price of Speaking Freely
- 08/04 — Why Learning Is the Real Superpower
- 01/04 — The Science of Peace and the Politics of Understanding
- 25/03 — What Unity Really Means and Why It’s Harder Than It Sounds
- 18/03 — Why the Strong Are Defined by How They Treat the Weak
- 11/03 — Why Fear Teaches Faster Than School
- 04/03 — What Freedom Feels Like
- 26/02 — Why Learning Is Not the Same as Understanding
- 19/02 — Why Silence Isn’t Neutral
- 12/02 — What Grown-Ups Don’t Say About Corruption
- 05/02 — When the Sky Turns Grey, Power Turns Invisible
- 29/01 — Flags Are Just Fabric
- 22/01 — Who Gets to Speak for a Nation?
- 15/01 — Why Maps Lie
- 08/01 — Why School Desks Face Forward
- 01/01 — How Questions Make History
