World Politics Review

The global quest for a coronavirus vaccine is heating up. For this week’s interview on Trend Lines, WPR’s Elliot Waldman is joined by Paul Offit, director of the Vaccine Education Center at the Children’s Hospital of Pennsylvania, to discuss how to saf...

In this week’s editors’ discussion, WPR’s Judah Grunstein, Freddy Deknatel and Prachi Vidwans talk about the problems around the world—from Syria’s civil war to human rights abuses in China—that are being overshadowed by the coronavirus pandemic. They ...

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has referred to COVID-19 as a “measly cold” and discourages life-saving containment measures. But that’s not the only scandal dogging him. For this week’s interview on Trend Lines, WPR’s Elliot Waldman discusses the l...

In this week’s editors’ discussion on Trend Lines, WPR’s Judah Grunstein, Freddy Deknatel and Prachi Vidwans talk about the big questions hanging over the future of U.S. foreign policy in the run-up to the U.S. presidential election, and how the COVID-...

Once the threat of COVID-19 recedes, will the global economy return to business as usual? Or is this a transition point where world leaders finally start to take the climate crisis seriously? For this week’s interview on Trend Lines, WPR’s Elliot Waldm...

In this week’s editors’ discussion on Trend Lines, WPR’s Judah Grunstein, Freddy Deknatel and Prachi Vidwans talk about the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on competition between the U.S. and China, and whether current tensions over the origins of t...

For this week’s interview on Trend Lines, long-time U.N. watcher Richard Gowan joins WPR’s Elliot Waldman for a conversation about the U.N.-led efforts to forge a global cease-fire amid the coronavirus pandemic. They also discuss COVID-19’s broader imp...

In this week’s editors’ discussion on Trend Lines, WPR’s Judah Grunstein, Elliot Waldman and Prachi Vidwans talk about the deal struck by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Benny Gantz to form an emergency government. They also discuss COVID...

As the global death toll from the coronavirus pandemic continues to mount, so does the economic wreckage. For this week’s interview on Trend Lines, Daniel McDowell joins WPR’s Elliot Waldman to discuss global efforts to contain the economic fallout of ...

In this week’s editors’ discussion on Trend Lines, WPR’s Judah Grunstein, Freddy Deknatel and Prachi Vidwans talk about the things we previously took for granted, didn’t sufficiently appreciate or simply didn’t know—on a national or international level...

One of the many challenges facing governments and businesses during a disaster is ensuring the steady supply of food. For this week’s interview on Trend Lines, Robyn Metcalfe joins WPR’s Elliot Waldman for a conversation about how global food supply ch...

In this week’s editors’ discussion on Trend Lines, WPR’s Judah Grunstein, Freddy Deknatel and Prachi Vidwans talk about the next phase of the coronavirus pandemic. As China ends the lockdown of Wuhan and several European countries consider doing the sa...

“When life is at its worst,” journalist Dan Gardner argues, “we are at our best.” For this week’s interview on Trend Lines, Gardner joins WPR’s Elliot Waldman to discuss the resilience of human societies and how our penchant for prosocial behavior will...

In this week’s editors’ discussion on Trend Lines, WPR’s Judah Grunstein and Freddy Deknatel talk about the role of data in the coronavirus pandemic. They also discuss the implications of inaccuracies and disinformation in the crisis, as well as govern...

Last week, the United States Marine Corps unveiled the details of a major restructuring effort to address the rising military threat from China. For this week’s interview on Trend Lines, Abraham Denmark joins WPR’s Elliot Waldman to discuss the Marines...

In this week’s editors’ discussion on Trend Lines, WPR’s Judah Grunstein and Freddy Deknatel talk about the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic and government responses so far, as well as the balance policymakers must strike between containing...

Since medieval times, outbreaks of disease have spurred the creation of narratives that cast blame on a foreign source. The coronavirus pandemic is no different. For this week’s interview on Trend Lines, Graham Mooney joins WPR’s Elliot Waldman to disc...

In this week’s editors’ discussion on Trend Lines, WPR’s Judah Grunstein and Freddy Deknatel talk about the transformation of daily life in countries facing lockdowns to battle the COVID-19 pandemic. They also discuss the longer-term impacts the pandem...

Europe is now the epicenter of the novel coronavirus pandemic, according to the World Health Organization. For this week’s interview on Trend Lines, Heather Conley joins WPR’s Elliot Waldman to discuss the EU’s response to the virus, and how the virus ...

In this week’s editors’ discussion on Trend Lines, WPR’s Judah Grunstein and Freddy Deknatel talk about the latest developments in the COVID-19 pandemic, including government responses, the competing narratives that are emerging, and questions of solid...

Last week, the International Atomic Energy Agency reported that Iran now has enough low-enriched uranium to manufacture a nuclear weapon with three or four months. For this week’s interview on Trend Lines, Dina Esfandiary joins WPR’s Elliot Waldman for...

In this week’s editors’ discussion on Trend Lines, WPR’s Judah Grunstein and Elliot Waldman talk about Turkey’s escalating military confrontation with the Russian-backed forces of President Bashar al-Assad in Syria. They also discuss the refugee crisis...

The U.S. military recently confirmed that it has fielded controversial low-yield nuclear warheads on certain submarine-launched ballistic missiles. For this week’s interview on Trend Lines, Thomas Countryman joins WPR’s Elliot Waldman to discuss nuclea...

In this week’s editors’ discussion on Trend Lines, WPR’s Judah Grunstein and Freddy Deknatel talk about global efforts to contain the spread of Covid-19. They also discuss how governments’ responses have highlighted the tensions between political narra...

Singapore’s opposition says that a recent law designed to crack down on fake news is actually just a tool of censorship, but the government says it is necessary to curb the spread of disinformation. For this week’s interview on Trend Lines, WPR’s Ellio...