World Politics Review

In this week’s editors’ discussion on Trend Lines, WPR’s Judah Grunstein and Freddy Deknatel talk about U.S. President Donald Trump’s upcoming visit to India, and why his camaraderie with Prime Minister Narendra Modi has not been enough to overcome ten...

For this week’s interview on Trend Lines, Raul Gallegos joins WPR’s Elliot Waldman for a conversation about how President Nicolas Maduro has been able to hang on to power in Venezuela despite a crippling economic and humanitarian crisis and an internat...

In this week’s editors’ discussion on Trend Lines, WPR’s Judah Grunstein and Freddy Deknatel talk about the emerging U.S. foreign policy consensus in favor of a strategy of restraint. But how closely does the political embrace of restraint resemble the...

One of the most contentious elements of the U.S.-China relationship concerns Huawei and its outsized role in building out 5G infrastructure worldwide. For this week’s interview on Trend Lines, WPR’s Elliot Waldman discusses the debate over Huawei and t...

In this week’s editors’ discussion on Trend Lines, WPR’s Judah Grunstein and Freddy Deknatel talk about the impact of the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak. They also discuss the implications of U.S. President Donald Trump’s impeachment and acquittal for Amer...

Israel will hold its third general election in less than a year on March 2, but after two inconclusive elections, will Israeli voters produce a different result? For this week’s interview on Trend Lines, Michael Koplow joins WPR’s Elliot Waldman to dis...

In this week’s editors’ discussion on Trend Lines, WPR’s Judah Grunstein and Freddy Deknatel talk about the Trump administration’s Israel-Palestine peace plan, why it is a gift to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Israeli right, and the...

The Wuhan coronavirus continues to spread rapidly in China, where authorities have placed travel restrictions on more than 48 million people in over a dozen cities. For this week’s interview on Trend Lines, Jeremy Youde joins WPR’s Elliot Waldman for a...

In this week’s editors’ discussion on Trend Lines, WPR’s Judah Grunstein and Freddy Deknatel talk about the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. In recent years, it has critically engaged with the negative effects of globalization. But is its ne...

Voters in Peru will go to the polls to elect a new Congress this Sunday, after President Martin Vizcarra dissolved the previous one last October. For this week’s interview on Trend Lines, WPR’s Elliot Waldman discusses the outlook for this weekend’s el...

In this week’s editors’ discussion on Trend Lines, WPR’s Judah Grunstein and Freddy Deknatel talk about the “phase one” U.S.-China trade deal signed this week. They also discuss the surprise resignation of Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev and wha...

Last month, The New York Times reported that the Pentagon is considering “a major reduction—or even a complete pullout—of American forces from West Africa.” For this week’s interview on Trend Lines, Peter Tinti joins WPR’s Elliot Waldman for a conversa...

In this week’s editors’ discussion on Trend Lines, WPR’s Judah Grunstein and Freddy Deknatel talk about the latest developments in the standoff between the U.S. and Iran, following the U.S. assassination of Iranian Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani and Iran’s...

Since the U.S. military killed Iranian Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani in Baghdad last week, a rift has opened up in the U.S. relationship with Iraq. For this week’s interview on Trend Lines, WPR’s Elliot Waldman discusses the implications of the strike on ...

In this week’s editors’ discussion on Trend Lines, WPR’s Judah Grunstein and Freddy Deknatel talk about the assassination by the U.S. of Iranian Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani—its impact on Iran’s regional influence operations, the potential for escalation...

The most serious problems facing the world have been making headlines for years or even decades now, and they’ll still be hanging around in 2020. For this week’s interview on Trend Lines, Stewart Patrick joins WPR’s Elliot Waldman to discuss the most i...

Just like in 2017 and 2018, many of the biggest stories in global affairs in 2019 were drowned out by the latest tweet or tirade from President Donald Trump. In this week’s editors’ discussion on Trend Lines, WPR’s Freddy Deknatel and Elliot Waldman ta...

In this week’s podcast interview, WPR associate editor Elliot Waldman talks with The Washington Post’s Anna Fifield about her new book, “The Great Successor: The Divinely Perfect Destiny of Brilliant Comrade Kim Jong Un,” which aims to peel back the la...

In this week’s editors’ discussion on Trend Lines, WPR’s Judah Grunstein and Freddy Deknatel talk about the state of climate change diplomacy after the COP25 conference in Madrid, and why progress is so difficult to achieve despite widespread popular m...

While the U.S. under President Donald Trump becomes more protectionist, 15 Asia-Pacific countries are finalizing the world’s largest free trade deal. For this week’s interview on Trend Lines, Wendy Cutler joins WPR’s Elliot Waldman to discuss Trump’s t...

In this week’s editors’ discussion on Trend Lines, WPR’s Judah Grunstein and Elliot Waldman talk about the reasons behind Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s surprise victory in this week’s elections in the U.K. They also discuss the implications of the res...

Operation Car Wash, or Lava Jato, is widely regarded as the biggest corruption investigation in history, but its impartiality has been called into question. For this week’s interview on Trend Lines, Michael Mohallem joins WPR’s Elliot Waldman to discus...

In this week’s editors’ discussion on Trend Lines, WPR’s Judah Grunstein and Frederick Deknatel talk about the takeaways from U.S. President Donald Trump’s two-day visit to the U.K. for a NATO leaders’ meeting, where he was publicly rebutted and privat...

NATO leaders gathered in the U.K. this week to celebrate the alliance’s 70th anniversary, amid disagreements over military spending and deeper questions over the alliance’s strategic purpose and structure. For this week’s interview on Trend Lines, Elli...

Is Vladimir Putin the most powerful man in the world? How much control does he actually have over Russia’s bureaucracy? And is there a grand strategic vision underpinning his foreign adventurism? In this week’s podcast interview, WPR associate editor E...