The Lede

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

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

An Arresting Drama: Israel, the ICC and the International Order — with Itamar Mann, Kareem Shaheen and Kwangu Liwewe

The Islamic Influence on Europe’s Medieval Masterpieces — with Diana Darke and Lydia Wilson

The American Experiment From Outside and Within — with Hari Kunzru and Faisal Al Yafai

America’s Global Election: The Impact of Trump’s Win at Home and Abroad — with Danny Postel, Amie Ferris-Rotman, Kareem Shaheen and Faisal Al Yafai

Where America’s Election Will Be Won and Lost — with John Sides, Sheri Berman and Danny Postel

Gazans’ Choice - with Abeer Ayyoub and Kwangu Liwewe

How To Lose a Country: The Limits of Democracy — with Ece Temelkuran and Faisal Al Yafai

Survival and Statehood in Ukraine — with Yaroslav Trofimov and Faisal Al Yafai

End of an Era: Israel and the Arab World Before and After Hassan Nasrallah — with Kareem Shaheen, Yair Wallach and Faisal Al Yafai

Mpox, HIV/Aids and Africa’s Evolving Pandemic Response — with Winnie Byanyima and Kwangu Liwewe

Legacies of Violence in Israel and Palestine - with Omer Bartov and Lisa Goldman

The Price of Investigative Journalism — with Paul Caruana Galizia and Faisal Al Yafai

Listen Again: Looking Twice at the History of Eyeliner — with Zahra Hankir and Ola Salem