Two happy events of the past week occurred on opposite ends of the world, and yet are closely linked to one another. Francis Fukuyama on the U.S. midterm elections and the Ukrainian liberation of Kherson.
Georgia’s head-grabbing Senate race pitting Democratic incumbent Raphael Warnock against former professional football player and Trump favorite Herschel Walker is headed for a December runoff.
The Gulf emirate has succeeded in using football as one dimension of its national security strategy.
From the US to Brazil to India, deepening political polarisation is used as a frame through which to see a lot of 21st-century politics. But what can actually be done to depolarise deeply divided societies, particularly democracies?
President Biden is about to depart on a trip with an ambitious itinerary: meetings on climate at the COP27, on relations with Southeast Asia at the U.S.-ASEAN summit, and on a range of political and economic issues at the G20. With so many high priority topics to cover, what’s realistic to expect?
In an interview, Yezid Sayigh argues that a recent IMF loan to Egypt did little to reduce the military’s role in the economy.
A regular survey of experts on matters relating to Middle Eastern and North African politics and security.
Please join the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Middle East program for a public discussion on how Palestinian succession could unfold.
One day after the U.S. midterm elections, Paul Haenle will moderate a discussion with American, Chinese, and Singaporean experts on the U.S.-China relationship.
This graphic novel biography chronicles Vladimir Putin’s rise from a mid-level KGB officer to the autocratic leader of Russia and reveals the truth behind the strongman persona he has spent his career cultivating.