World Politics Review

In this week’s editors’ discussion episode of the podcast, WPR’s Judah Grunstein, Frederick Deknatel and Elliot Waldman look at what to expect from President Donald Trump’s upcoming visit to Europe. They also discuss the many diplomatic, economic and s...

In this week’s podcast interview, WPR associate editor Elliot Waldman talks with WPR contributor Christopher Sabatini about the crisis in Venezuela. They discuss the opposition’s difficult position after last month’s failed uprising, as well as the reg...

In this week’s editors’ discussion episode of the podcast, WPR’s Judah Grunstein, Frederick Deknatel and Elliot Waldman talk about the European Parliament elections, and the limitations of framing the voting as a battle between liberal reformers and th...

In this week’s podcast interview, WPR associate editor Elliot Waldman talks with Brian Katulis, a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress and co-author of a new survey of American voters’ views on foreign policy. They discuss what policymaker...

In this week’s editors’ roundtable, WPR’s Judah Grunstein, Frederick Deknatel and Elliot Waldman talk about new fears of a war between the U.S. and Iran, as tensions continue to rise. They also discuss the future of U.S.-China relations as the trade wa...

Weekly anti-government protests have been taking place in Serbia since late last year, underscoring concerns about President Aleksandar Vucic’s consolidated hold on power. In this week’s podcast interview, Aleks Eror talks with Robbie Corey-Boulet abou...

In this week’s editors’ discussion episode of the podcast, WPR’s Judah Grunstein, Frederick Deknatel and Elliot Waldman talk about the latest repercussions of Trump’s hard-line stances on Iran and China. They also take a look at this week’s election-re...

It has been more than two decades since the civil wars in El Salvador and Guatemala came to a close. Yet in both countries, the goal of transitional justice is far from realized. In this week’s podcast interview, Anna-Catherine Brigida talks with Robbi...

In this week’s editors’ discussion episode of the podcast, WPR’s Judah Grunstein, Frederick Deknatel and Elliot Waldman talk about the challenges facing Japan as it welcomes a new emperor, the burgeoning foreign policy debate among Democratic Party pre...

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has long been associated with Hindu nationalism, or the notion that India is for Hindus first and foremost. In this week’s podcast interview, Saptarshi Ray talks with Robbie Corey-Boulet about how such thinking has s...

In this week’s editors’ discussion episode of the podcast, WPR’s Judah Grunstein, Frederick Deknatel and Elliot Waldman discuss the challenges facing Sri Lanka in the wake of the Easter bombings and the Trump administration’s arbitrary, and ultimately ...

Though considered a success story compared to other Arab countries caught up in the 2011 uprisings, Tunisia is struggling with insecurity, economic stagnation and other problems. In this week’s podcast interview, Francisco Serrano talks with Robbie Cor...

In this week’s editors’ discussion episode of the podcast, WPR’s Judah Grunstein, Frederick Deknatel and Elliot Waldman analyze the impact of the Mueller report, its implications for Trump’s foreign policy agenda and the lackluster response to the “act...

Three months after Juan Guaido declared himself Venezuela’s interim president, it appears that hopes for a speedy breakthrough in the country’s crisis are bound to go unmet. In this week’s podcast interview, Megan Janetsky talks with Robbie Corey-Boule...

In this week’s editors’ discussion episode of the Trend Lines podcast, WPR’s Judah Grunstein, Frederick Deknatel and Elliot Waldman analyze Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s victory in this week’s elections in Israel, and what it might mean for Israe...

One overlooked aspect of Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s reform agenda is his ramped-up engagement with Middle Eastern countries, especially in the Gulf. In this week’s podcast interview, Daniel Benaim talks with Robbie Corey-Boulet about the rew...

In this week’s editors ’ discussion episode of the Trend Lines podcast, WPR’s editor-in-chief Judah Gr unstein, managing editor Frederick Deknatel and associate editor Elliot Waldman discuss the resignation of Algeria’s aging president, Abdelaziz Boute...

For 45 years, the island of Cyprus has been divided, politically and physically, between the Turkish-Cypriot north and Greek-Cypriot south. Despite many efforts over the years to resolve it, including some near misses, the conflict has proved intractab...

In this week’s editors’ discussion episode of the podcast, WPR’s editor-in-chief, Judah Grunstein, and associate editor, Elliot Waldman, discuss the conclusion of special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into alleged coordination between Donald T...

The promised benefits of the 2015 nuclear deal never materialized for most Iranians, and the hard-line policies of the Trump administration have made the economic outlook even bleaker. For this week’s interview episode of the podcast, Jasmin Ramsey dis...

In this week’s editors episode of the Trend Lines podcast, WPR’s editor-in-chief Judah Grunstein, managing editor Frederick Deknatel and associate editor Elliot Waldman discuss the Christchurch shooting, the emergence of white nationalist terrorism and...

The U.N.’s bungled response to the war in Sri Lanka has loomed large over its subsequent efforts to mitigate civilian casualties. For this week’s Report episode of the podcast, Richard Gowan discusses whether reforms have been successful, and why the U...

In this week’s editors’ discussion episode of Trend Lines, WPR’s editor-in-chief Judah Grunstein, managing editor Frederick Deknatel, and associate editor Elliot Waldman discuss British Prime Minister Theresa May’s latest Brexit setback, the Trump admi...

Germany’s Green party had a weak showing in the federal elections in 2017, causing political analysts to largely write it off as a political force. But the past two years have seen an abrupt turnaround in the party’s fortunes. Buoyed by widespread conc...

In this week’s Trend Lines podcast, WPR’s editor-in-chief, Judah Grunstein, and managing editor, Frederick Deknatel, discuss challenges facing China and what they mean for relations with the U.S., against the backdrop of the Communist Party of China’s ...