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A poster shows a woman with a rifle and babushka on her head under a red flag in front of smoking factory chimneys.
A poster shows a woman with a rifle and babushka on her head under a red flag in front of smoking factory chimneys.

How a ‘Fairy-Tale Country’ for Women Turned Its Back on Feminism

Julia Ioffe’s new feminist history of Russia offers important lessons for the West.

Review
Laura Mills
A black and white film still of people walking in the street in Paris in the 1960s.
A black and white film still of people walking in the street in Paris in the 1960s.

The French New Wave Is Still New

Richard Linklater’s “Nouvelle Vague” shows how we’re still catching our breath from “Breathless.”

Review
Jordan Hoffman
Kenyan police officers in camouflage clothing display a white flag with the words "Multinational Security Mission" in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
Kenyan police officers in camouflage clothing display a white flag with the words "Multinational Security Mission" in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

The U.N.’s Latest Haiti Mandate Is a Rebrand, Not a Rethink

The Gang Suppression Force repackages the same strategies that have failed the country for decades.

Analysis
Maurice Oniang’o
An overhead satellite image shows patchy dirt ground and buildings, some small and one larger, that sit along a road.
An overhead satellite image shows patchy dirt ground and buildings, some small and one larger, that sit along a road.

Documenting War Crimes in Sudan Begins Now

Stopping ongoing violence in conflict zones is urgent, but with today’s technology, so is gathering evidence.

Argument
Janine di Giovanni
A brightly colored array of phone shapes with geopolitical images and tittok controls on them with headlines like: POV: Xi's Just Not That Into You atop Xi Jinping's face and Vladimir, STOP! atop Vladimir Putin's face.
A brightly colored array of phone shapes with geopolitical images and tittok controls on them with headlines like: POV: Xi's Just Not That Into You atop Xi Jinping's face and Vladimir, STOP! atop Vladimir Putin's face.

You Should Be Reading This on TikTok

Why Washington’s foreign-policy community needs to take its conversation to a new platform.

Argument
Alia Awadallah
Kast, wearing a suit and red tie, holds out a flag with his right arm.
Kast, wearing a suit and red tie, holds out a flag with his right arm.

Latin America’s Ascendant Right Is Tested at the Ballot Box

Weekend elections in Chile and Ecuador offer a snapshot of a regional trend.

Latin America Brief
Catherine Osborn
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky looks on during a press conference in Paris.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky looks on during a press conference in Paris.

Zelensky Hears Out the U.S.-Russia Peace Proposal for Ukraine

A corruption scandal at home may force the Ukrainian president to reconsider Kyiv’s nonstarters.

World Brief
Alexandra Sharp
A displaced Sudanese woman, who fled El Fasher after the city fell to the Rapid Support Forces, sits in her makeshift shelter in the Um Yanqur camp on the southwestern edge of Tawila, in Sudan’s western Darfur region, on Nov. 3.
A displaced Sudanese woman, who fled El Fasher after the city fell to the Rapid Support Forces, sits in her makeshift shelter in the Um Yanqur camp on the southwestern edge of Tawila, in Sudan’s western Darfur region, on Nov. 3.

Trump Turns His Eye to Sudan

The U.S. president said he’ll work with regional partners to help end Sudan’s civil war.

Situation Report
John Haltiwanger, Rishi Iyengar
Two men, Tinubu and Xi, are seen in profile as they shake hands and smile at each other in front of long wood desks. Both men are dressed formally.
Two men, Tinubu and Xi, are seen in profile as they shake hands and smile at each other in front of long wood desks. Both men are dressed formally.

Nigeria Is Turning Into a U.S.-China Battleground

Trump’s threats leave Nigerians worried about superpower intentions.

Analysis
Patrick Egwu
Job seekers walk between tents at a job fair in Beijing.
Job seekers walk between tents at a job fair in Beijing.

China Is Worried About AI Job Losses

Beijing values domestic stability over global competition.

Analysis
Marianne Lu
A woman from Sudan is seen leaving a white tent in a refugee camp in Chad.
A woman from Sudan is seen leaving a white tent in a refugee camp in Chad.

The Dire Need for International Pressure to End the War in Sudan

The head of the Danish Refugee Council speaks about what she learned after meeting Sudanese refugees in Chad.

Q&A
John Haltiwanger
Mbuyiseli Madlanga, looking down, sits and listens to testimony.
Mbuyiseli Madlanga, looking down, sits and listens to testimony.

South Africa Gets a Pass on Rampant Corruption

Why is a leading global watchdog turning a blind eye?

Argument
Max Meizlish, David May
Two men stand on either side of a woman, all dressed formally and holding drinks in glasses. Marton, the woman, wears red and smiles as she looks at a paper one of the men is holding.
Two men stand on either side of a woman, all dressed formally and holding drinks in glasses. Marton, the woman, wears red and smiles as she looks at a paper one of the men is holding.

‘Make Them Talk to Each Other’

Lessons in peacemaking from 21 days at Dayton.

Argument
Kati Marton
A man plants flowers next to the G-20 logo.
A man plants flowers next to the G-20 logo.

It’s Time to Trust the Global South

As Europeans debate who will fill the U.S. role on the world stage, an answer may already be apparent.

Argument
Sophie Eisentraut
Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum speaks during her daily press conference at Palacio Nacional in Mexico City, Mexico, on Nov. 17.
Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum speaks during her daily press conference at Palacio Nacional in Mexico City, Mexico, on Nov. 17.

What the World Missed in the Claudia Sheinbaum Groping Story

The president’s announcement of a crackdown on gender-based violence ignores its drivers.

Argument
Ann Deslandes
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