The Foreign Desk

Who will run the world if the US doesn’t want to anymore?

Explainer 480: Myanmar and the perks of posing as a democracy

Explainer 479: Who are the Balochistan Liberation Army and why have they suddenly attracted US attention?

Is popularity in politics a thing of the past?

Explainer 478: Why does Trump care about Bolsonaro?

The catastrophe in Gaza and the prospects of a Palestinian state

Explainer 478: Why is Islamic State targeting the DRC?

Cameroon’s forgotten crisis: Is reconciliation in the Anglo-Franco schism possible?

Explainer 477: What is behind the violence in Syria?

Explainer 476: Lesotho’s one-man fight for South African land

The future of warfare

Dynastic democracies

Explainer 475: Why has Russia recognised the Taliban?

How to topple a tyrant

Explainer 474: Tuvalu’s climate-change escape to Australia

Has the ‘12-Day War’ settled anything?

Explainer 473: Cambodia, Thailand and phone-call warfare

The view of Europe from Globsec Forum 2025

Explainer 472: The furious funeral row over Zambia’s former president

‘The Foreign Desk’ in Odesa: the international ripple effects of war in Ukraine

Explainer 471: Who gets to be an Italian citizen?

Odesa, the Black Sea, the front line and Ukraine’s future

Explainer 470: The on-again, off-again US-Iran nuclear talks

Are journalists safe?

Explainer 469: Who are India’s Maoists?

Why does Russia still have influence in eastern Europe?

Explainer 468: Tantrum or tactic? Why has Australia’s National Party split from the Liberals?

Does the dream of a Kurdish state end with the PKK?

The Trump factor

Explainer 466: What actually happens during a papal  conclave (as far as we know)?

The most extraordinary first 100 days of any US presidency?

Explainer 465: Who is behind the terrorist attack on Kashmir?

Live from Delphi: What’s brewing in the Eastern Mediterranean?

Explainer 464: The threats facing Ecuador: real or invented?

Live from Delphi: has the sun set on the transatlantic relationship?

Explainer 463: Why is a UK MP facing corruption charges in Bangladesh?

Live from Delphi: how to respond to Trump’s trade war

Explainer 462: Is Mali and Algeria’s feud really about drones?

Why has Israel gone back to war?

Explainer 461: Marine Le Pen and the movable feast of far-right law and order

Is Erdoğan’s crackdown backfiring?

Explainer 460: Jeffrey Goldberg has exited the war chat

Syria: Is this going to work?

Explainer 459: Why has Rwanda severed ties with Belgium?

Nato’s frontline: the view from the Baltics

Explainer 458: Why is Rodrigo Duterte being sent to The Hague?

Has the US given up?

Explainer 457: What does Ukraine do now?

Russia’s ripple effect

Explainer 456: What’s halting Germany’s defence? History.