Articles

  • Mar112026

    Don’t Let Britain Decline

    The Fourth Great Disruption is here In 1940, John Maynard Keynes cut a frustrated figure. It was clear to him…

    Read more
  • Mar022026

    The Fall of Ayatollah Khamenei

    He became the gravedigger of the revolution that he helped lead In many respects, the story of Ayatollah Ali Hosseini…

    Read more
  • Feb232026

    Russia’s Empire of Ruins

    From blackouts in Kherson to water shortages in Luhansk, Russia’s new imperial domains in Ukraine’s occupied territories are in turmoil.…

    Read more
  • Feb112026

    Visions of a New Syria

    Efforts to craft a new identity for Syria will mean little if its government cannot get a grip on spiralling…

    Read more
  • Jan202026

    Is the Islamic Republic on Borrowed Time?

    The troubled history of the Arab Spring sheds light on the fate of Iran’s uprising. It explains why the Islamic…

    Read more
  • Jan152026

    Inside the White House Situation Room

    Hillary Clinton and others explore the psychology behind the decisions that shape history It is one of the defining images…

    Read more
  • Jan142026

    Thresholds of Survival: The Resistance in Occupied Ukraine

    The 2024 CSIS report Crossing Thresholds traced the emergence of diverse forms of resistance in Ukraine’s temporarily occupied territories between…

    Read more
  • Jan072026

    The Age of Invasion

    How Trump’s new global strategy will assert Washington’s hemispheric ambitions When a US presidential election race enters its final stages,…

    Read more
  • Dec182025

    The World According to Henry Kissinger

    Jérémie Gallon’s biography charts how the German émigré’s realpolitik diplomacy continues to shape the international order On 9 November 1944,…

    Read more
  • Dec102025

    A New Syria Struggles to be Born

    A year after the fall of the Assad regime, Syria’s new government confronts domestic challenges and geopolitical hazards. Syrians could…

    Read more