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World

Can art destruction save us from climate destruction?

An art expert breaks down Just Stop Oil’s infamous climate protests.

By Haleema Shah

The tricky business of putting a dollar value on a human life

The EPA’s draft “social cost of carbon” analysis opens up a knotty discussion about US lives versus lives abroad.

By Dylan Matthews

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s unexpected visit to the US, explained

By Jonathan Guyer and Li Zhou December 21

The far-right threat to liberal democracy in Europe, explained

By Cas Mudde December 21

A bad year for the bad guys

By Zack Beauchamp December 19

Peru is in crisis. How did it happen?

By Ellen Ioanes December 17

Europe’s unprecedented response to Ukrainian refugees faces new challenges

By Jen Kirby December 16

This DC party invite shows all the money to be made off the Ukraine war

By Jonathan Guyer December 16

Inside the chaos at Washington’s most connected military tech startup

By Jonathan Guyer December 14

Why the protests in Iran are so hard to understand

By Jonathan Guyer December 12

Iran’s months-long protest movement, explained

By Ellen Ioanes December 10

China’s alliance with Saudi Arabia signals a potential shift in the global order

By Ellen Ioanes December 10

The bizarre far-right coup attempt in Germany, explained by an expert

By Zack Beauchamp December 9

Why Brittney Griner was released now

By Jonathan Guyer December 8

How migration has shaped the World Cup

By Youyou Zhou December 8

China’s health system isn’t ready for the end of “zero Covid”

By Dylan Scott December 7

What to know about the $60 price cap, the plan to limit Russia’s oil revenues

By Jen Kirby December 6

China’s protests are testing the surveillance state

By Amanda Lewellyn December 5

Qatar’s anti-LGBTQ policies, explained

By Ellen Ioanes December 3

Biden and Putin just said they’re open to talks. Don’t count on it happening soon.

By Ellen Ioanes December 3

China’s Covid narrative is backfiring

By Jen Kirby December 1

Who gets to keep burning fossil fuels as the planet heats up?

By Umair Irfan November 30

How “zero-Covid” changed China — and the world

By Kelsey Piper November 30

What makes China’s wave of protests different this time

By Jonathan Guyer November 30

Want to donate to charity? Here are 10 guidelines for giving effectively.

By Dylan Matthews and Sigal Samuel November 29

Poor countries are developing a new paradigm of mental health care. America is taking note.

By Sigal Samuel November 28

The wave of protests testing China’s zero-Covid policy, explained

By Ellen Ioanes November 27

Qatar’s migrant labor system is bigger than the World Cup

By Ellen Ioanes November 26

What else Qatar has built with its absurd wealth besides the 2022 World Cup

By Jonathan Guyer November 25

Despite its brutal tactics, Iran’s regime fails to contain mass protests

By Ellen Ioanes November 21

Are 8 billion people too many — or too few?

By Bryan Walsh November 21

The good and bad news for the planet after the latest UN climate talks

By Umair Irfan November 19

North Korean missile launches may mean new nuclear tests

By Ellen Ioanes November 19

The many, many controversies surrounding the 2022 World Cup, explained

By Ian Ward November 19

Can Ukraine’s infrastructure survive the winter?

By Jen Kirby November 18

Why America can’t seem to quit Saudi Arabia

By Jonathan Guyer November 17

The international missile incident in Poland that wasn’t

By Jen Kirby November 16

Biden and Xi met for three hours. It’s the sit-down the world’s been waiting for.

By Jonathan Guyer November 14

Biden says America is doing its part to prevent “climate hell.” Is it?

By Umair Irfan and Neel Dhanesha November 11

What Russia’s withdrawal from a key Ukrainian city means for the war

By Jen Kirby November 11

Egypt’s most prominent political prisoner is dying as world leaders arrive for UN climate summit

By Jonathan Guyer November 9

Money speaks louder than ever at this week’s UN climate negotiations

By Umair Irfan November 7