Informed Comment

An Atomic Armageddon? Will the U.S. and Russia Abandon All Nuclear Restraints?

Russian and American leaders will face no barriers to the expansion of those thermonuclear arsenals

the Arctic’s climate is changing more rapidly than anywhere on Earth, further increasing the already substantial economic and personal risk

Palestinians face “criminal prosecution in military courts during which their due process and fair trial rights are systematically violated.”

For Trump, peace negotiations and military operations are simply different means to the same end: total control

The unrest poses the most serious challenge to Iran’s political establishment since 2022

An Israeli police statement blamed the demonstrators, saying that they had disturbed the peace, closed off streets, damaged buses

Maduro’s arrest revives a familiar US fantasy: that removing a strongman brings stability. From Iraq to Afghanistan, history suggests otherwise

Trump has made his intention to rid the government of women crystal clear — with some window-dressing exceptions

If Egyptians manage their affairs well, they could become the Vietnam of the Middle East with regard to solar panel production.