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There are political reasons why Trump wants to assist his Argentine counterpart. But there is also nothing new about the...
10/05/2025

There are political reasons why Trump wants to assist his Argentine counterpart. But there is also nothing new about the U.S. taking steps to bail out governments in Latin America generally, and Argentina specifically.

Read more in Paul Poast’s latest column:
https://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/trump-milei-argentina-bailout/

A key message of the U.S.-backed plan for Gaza is that a long-term solution will only succeed if it is anchored in a bro...
10/04/2025

A key message of the U.S.-backed plan for Gaza is that a long-term solution will only succeed if it is anchored in a broader regional framework. This is where the U.N. can play a meaningful role, Adam Day & Alexander Costy write.

Read more here:
https://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/un-gaza-20-point-plan/

After three Sahel states withdrew from the West African bloc earlier this year, ECOWAS initially attempted to lure them ...
10/03/2025

After three Sahel states withdrew from the West African bloc earlier this year, ECOWAS initially attempted to lure them back. Now, though, the group is looking to form partnerships with them instead.

Read more from Jessica Moody here:
https://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/ecowas-coup-leaders-aes/

In the span of just the past two weeks, three armed Russian warplanes entered Estonian airspace, 19 Russian military dro...
10/01/2025

In the span of just the past two weeks, three armed Russian warplanes entered Estonian airspace, 19 Russian military drones violated Polish airspace and another Russian military drone flew over Romania. In addition, drone sightings over several Danish airports led to shutdowns and flight cancellations, while unidentified drones were similarly spotted over Germany.

As columnist Ulrike Franke writes, it is now obvious that the war will not be limited to Ukraine:
https://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/europe-russia-drones-hybrid-war/

Detecting and defusing threats is at the heart of a robust national security strategy. So what happens when a government...
10/01/2025

Detecting and defusing threats is at the heart of a robust national security strategy. So what happens when a government chooses to blind itself to seeing such threats?

As columnist Daniel W. Drezner writes, the U.S. is about to find out. Read more here:
https://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/us-trump-global-trends-gabbard/

A giant undersea cable was supposed to bring cooperation, energy and security to the Eastern Mediterranean. Instead, it ...
09/30/2025

A giant undersea cable was supposed to bring cooperation, energy and security to the Eastern Mediterranean. Instead, it has soured relations between Greece and Cyprus, triggered an EU corruption investigation and brought Greece and Turkey to the brink of conflict.

Read more from Jonathan Gorvett:
https://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/eastern-mediterranean-gsi-tensions/

Beijing’s policies used to prioritize reviving employment. Now, as youth unemployment reaches a record high, Xi Jinping ...
09/30/2025

Beijing’s policies used to prioritize reviving employment. Now, as youth unemployment reaches a record high, Xi Jinping now sees competition and potential conflict with the U.S. as far more important.

Mary Gallagher examines this shift in her latest column:
https://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/us-china-xi-youth-unemployment/

Elections in November will mark the ninth time Chileans have gone to the polls since the country so loudly demanded that...
09/29/2025

Elections in November will mark the ninth time Chileans have gone to the polls since the country so loudly demanded that its political system be changed in 2019. And yet, no clear direction for change has emerged, nor is one likely to this time, columnist James Bosworth writes.

Read more here:
https://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/chile-elections-boric-kast/

Last Friday, for the second time in less than two weeks and only the ninth time in history, NATO’s Article 4 was invoked...
09/26/2025

Last Friday, for the second time in less than two weeks and only the ninth time in history, NATO’s Article 4 was invoked due to Russian airspace incursions. What does that mean for the alliance?

Columnist Paul Poast breaks it down:
https://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/nato-article-4-russia/

Egypt is once again raising the alarm over Ethiopia’s new megadam on the Nile, which was officially inaugurated earlier ...
09/25/2025

Egypt is once again raising the alarm over Ethiopia’s new megadam on the Nile, which was officially inaugurated earlier this month. And while a treaty would likely limit the downstream effects of the dam, the two countries are unlikely to reach an agreement.

Read more from Jonathan Fenton-Harvey here:
https://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/ethiopia-dam-egypt-sudan-tensions/

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