World Politics Review

This week on Trend Lines, Kevin Rudd, the former prime minister of Australia, joins WPR editor-in-chief Judah Grunstein to discuss the nature of the challenge China poses to the West, the implications of Xi Jinping’s rule, and the future prospects of b...

This week on Trend Lines, WPR’s Elliot Waldman is joined by Rebecca Winthrop for a conversation about the changing face of education in the era of COVID-19. She argues that now is the time to “chart a vision for how education can emerge stronger from t...

“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...

This week on Trend Lines, political theorist Adom Getachew joins WPR’s Elliot Waldman to talk about the history of anti-colonial nationalist movements that tried to remake the world in an egalitarian mold, eschewing old concepts of empire and subjugati...

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko is facing the greatest challenge yet to his rule as pro-democracy demonstrations rock the country. This week on Trend Lines, Candace Rondeaux joins Elliot Waldman to discuss the competition for influence in Bel...

The explosive growth of cities worldwide has produced economic gains, but also entails significant risks to health, as we’re seeing now with the coronavirus pandemic. This week on Trend Lines, WPR’s Elliot Waldman is joined by Ronak B. Patel to discuss...

Over the past few months, the wildly popular video-sharing app TikTok and its Chinese parent company have faced rising suspicions over their alleged ties with the Chinese Communist Party. This week on Trend Lines, WPR’s Elliot Waldman discusses the deb...

President Idriss Deby of Chad announced a Cabinet reshuffle earlier this month in preparation to run for president yet again in 2021. For this week’s interview on Trend Lines, Michael Shurkin joins WPR’s Elliot Waldman to discuss Deby’s three-decade re...

In this week’s editors’ discussion on Trend Lines, WPR’s Judah Grunstein, Elliot Waldman and Prachi Vidwans talk about the implications of the European Union’s new budget and coronavirus recovery fund, as well as the Trump administration’s sudden decis...

Judges, prosecutors, investigators and other members of Guatemala’s anti-corruption community are facing a concerning rise in verbal attacks and death threats. For this week’s interview on Trend Lines, Adriana Beltran joins WPR’s Elliot Waldman to disc...

This week, WPR’s Judah Grunstein, Freddy Deknatel and Prachi Vidwans talk about the mysterious series of explosions that have rattled Iran. They also discuss reports that the Trump administration granted the CIA sweeping authorization to conduct offens...

For this week’s interview on Trend Lines, WPR’s Elliot Waldman is joined by Sam Roggeveen, director of the International Security program at the Lowy Institute in Australia, for a conversation about the emerging challenges that are shaping Australia’s ...

In this week’s editors’ discussion on Trend Lines, WPR’s Judah Grunstein, Freddy Deknatel and Prachi Vidwans talk about the new national security law that China imposed on Hong Kong, and a new proposal for a one-state solution for Israel and Palestine ...

The coronavirus pandemic has created a vexing challenge for democratic societies, as well as for independent election observers. For this week’s interview on Trend Lines, David Carroll joins WPR’s Elliot Waldman to discuss how elections and election ob...

President Donald Trump’s new CEO of the U.S. Agency for Global Media is making sweeping changes at Voice of America and other government-funded news outlets under his control. For this week’s interview on Trend Lines, David Ensor joins WPR’s Elliot Wal...

In this week’s editors’ discussion, WPR’s Judah Grunstein, Elliot Waldman and Prachi Vidwans talk about the Russian constitutional referendum that could clear the way for President Vladimir Putin to hold on to power until 2036, as well as the nature of...

Depression, extreme stress and trauma are just a few of the secondary maladies that can flare up during a multi-dimensional crisis like the coronavirus pandemic. For today’s interview on Trend Lines, WPR’s Elliot Waldman is joined by Susan Borja to dis...

In this week’s editors’ discussion on Trend Lines, WPR’s Judah Grunstein, Freddy Deknatel and Prachi Vidwans talk about the deadly border clash between Indian and Chinese troops in a remote Himalayan mountain pass, and the tension between competition a...

President Donald Trump and his supporters often rail against close American allies like South Korea, Japan and certain NATO countries for supposedly freeriding on Washington’s largesse. Today’s guest on Trend Lines has a new book out that investigates ...

In this week’s editors’ discussion on Trend Lines, WPR’s Judah Grunstein, Freddy Deknatel and Prachi Vidwans talk about the issues driving protests against police brutality and systemic racism in the U.S. and Europe. They also discuss what these moveme...

For this week’s interview on Trend Lines, William J. Burns joins WPR’s Judah Grunstein to discuss the damage President Donald Trump has done to U.S. diplomacy, the implications of another four years of Trump’s presidency, and why a “return to normal” w...

In this week’s editors’ discussion on Trend Lines, WPR’s Judah Grunstein, Freddy Deknatel and Prachi Vidwans talk about the demonstrations in the U.S. to protest police killings of black Americans, as well as the international dimensions of racial inju...

In this week’s editors’ discussion on Trend Lines, WPR’s Judah Grunstein and Freddy Deknatel talk about China’s encroachment on Hong Kong’s autonomy, and how it might affect U.S.-China relations. They also discuss the Trump administration’s efforts to ...

In the past two weeks, Michigan has faced historic floods and a cyclone slammed India and Bangladesh. For this week’s interview on Trend Lines, WPR’s Elliot Waldman is joined by Samantha Montano for a conversation about the challenges of preparing for,...

In this week’s editors’ discussion, WPR’s Judah Grunstein, Freddy Deknatel and Prachi Vidwans talk about the allegations of misconduct by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, and a proposal for the EU to issue collective debt to finance post-pandemic e...