The Lede

The Power Shifts Changing the Middle East, from Baghdad to Riyadh

Hala Alyan Reflects on Motherhood, Exile and the Geography of Loss

The Pillars of China’s Global Rise

Why Is Gen Z Protesting Across Africa?

Is It Really Peace in the Middle East?

Uncovering the Human Stories Behind Global Politics

Rashid Khalidi on One of the Worst Periods in Palestinian History

Britain’s Summer of the Right

How To Fix America’s Political Violence

Lyse Doucet's Alternative History of Afghanistan

China’s Rise, American Reckoning

Listen Again: The True Impact of USAID Cuts on Africa

Listen Again: Gaza and the Fall of Western Idealism

How Central Europe Became the Frontier Between Russia and the West

We Can’t Agree on What Free Speech Means. Here’s Why

Syria After Sweida

East Africa’s Authoritarian Turn

Ukraine on the Precipice

What Iran Wants

A Mamdani State of Mind

Losing Control? An Iranian and an Israeli on the Recent War

The Inside Story of a Scandal at the White House

The Online Movement Ensnaring Young Men

Why the Middle East’s Autocrats Are Losing Their Grip

Turkey’s New Political Reality

Jerusalem’s Impossible Friendship

How To Tackle Abusive Governments

Can the Democrats Find Their Voice?

AI’s Very Human Biases

Sudan in the Spotlight

How America’s Margins Became the Mainstream

The War We Don’t See

A Lost Library Holds Secrets to Our Past

The Real Impact of USAID Cuts on Africa

Could the War in Gaza Change Global Politics?

The Reality Behind the Trump Show

After War, What Does Justice Look Like? — with Janine di Giovanni, Kareem Shaheen and Faisal Al Yafai

Ukraine’s Dilemma — with Mykhaylo Shtekel, Amie Ferris-Rotman and Kwangu Liwewe

AI Is Transforming Geopolitics — with Bruno Maçães and Faisal Al Yafai

Fakirs and Holy Men: Mysticism in America, Europe and the Middle East — with Raphael Cormack and Finbar Anderson

America’s Era of the Entrepreneur — with Erik Baker and Faisal Al Yafai

Alliances, Antagonism and Ambitions: Inside the BRICS Group — with Gustavo de Carvalho and Kwangu Liwewe

House and Home in Syria and in Exile — with Ammar Azzouz, Wendy Pearlman and Lydia Wilson

The Decline of the American Empire — with Robert Kaplan and Faisal Al Yafai

Looking Ahead in 2025 — with Kareem Shaheen, Lisa Goldman, Danny Postel and Faisal Al Yafai

How To End the Forever Wars — with Mary Kaldor and Lydia Wilson

Listen Again: Soccer’s Rising Stars of African Origin — with Ponga Liwewe, Segun Odegbami and Kwangu Liwewe

From Deadly Desserts to Hawaiian Pizza: Culinary Origin Stories and the 2024 Christmas Quiz — with Erin Brown, Ola Salem, Surbhi Gupta and Kareem Shaheen

The End of Assad and a New Era for Syria — with Kareem Shaheen, Rasha Elass and Faisal Al Yafai

Merkel and Memory in Modern Germany — with Katja Hoyer and Faisal Al Yafai