Kathy Gilsinan

How China Is Planning to Win Back the World

As its global image takes a big hit, the Chinese Communist Party is using an arsenal of spin, obfuscation, hyperbole, and outright disinformation to win back its reputation.

• Kathy Gilsinan
• May 28, 2020

China’s Bargain on Global Influence Is Paying Off

The U.S. gives more money than China to many international organizations. So why do they seem more sympathetic to Beijing?

• Kathy Gilsinan
• May 6, 2020

The End of the Imperial Presidency

By ceding control over the government’s pandemic response, Trump is allowing American governors to flex new muscles.

• Peter Nicholas and Kathy Gilsinan
• May 2, 2020

Can the West Actually Ditch China?

How severely can countries really punish China when many of them need Beijing for the most crucial of things—medical supplies?

• Yasmeen Serhan and Kathy Gilsinan
• April 24, 2020

The Race to Build New Hospitals

The Army Corps of Engineers is converting dozens of hotels and convention centers. Can it do it fast enough?

• Kathy Gilsinan
• April 18, 2020

Vermont’s Great Experiment

A few weeks ago, National Guardsmen in the state got an impossible assignment. And then they pulled it off.

• Kathy Gilsinan
• April 15, 2020

How China Deceived the WHO

U.S. senators are calling for investigations and the president is threatening to cut off funding. What happened?

• Kathy Gilsinan
• April 12, 2020

An Unhealthy Military Is Struggling to Fight COVID-19

Even as it’s called upon to aid the coronavirus response across the country, the military is struggling to contain the disease among its own personnel.

• Kathy Gilsinan
• April 3, 2020

The Problem With China’s Victory Lap

The Chinese Communist Party is trying to present itself as a global leader in pandemic response. If it declares success too early, it may lead the world back into disaster.

• Kathy Gilsinan
• March 28, 2020

A Marine General’s Next Battle: Grocery-Store Logistics

Larry Nicholson once led 20,000 troops in Afghanistan; now he’s making sure you don’t run out of food during the coronavirus crisis.

• Kathy Gilsinan
• March 25, 2020

The Coronavirus Comes to a ‘Handshake Town’

The capital’s main business relies on human contact. Now professional networkers are confronting its dangers.

• Kathy Gilsinan
• March 21, 2020

Friendships in the Age of Quarantine

How people pull together, even at a moment of social distancing

• Kathy Gilsinan
• March 15, 2020

Confessions of an Ex–Never Trumper

If you want one set of policies, you can’t be choosy about character.

• Kathy Gilsinan
• March 10, 2020

The U.S. Once Wanted Peace in Afghanistan

Now it’s setting its sights much lower.

• Kathy Gilsinan
• February 29, 2020

The Russian Trolls’ Next Favorite Candidate

Americans don’t need Russia’s polarizing influence operations. They are plenty good enough at dividing themselves.

• Kathy Gilsinan
• February 20, 2020

The Inconvenient Truth About ISIS

The group is bigger now than when it founded its self-styled caliphate, and America’s conflict with Iran is only making the fight against it more complicated.

• Mike Giglio and Kathy Gilsinan
• February 14, 2020

Iraq Is the One War Zone Trump Doesn’t Want to Leave

The president’s resistance to withdrawing from the country boils down to three of his main enemies: ISIS, Iran, and Obama.

• Kathy Gilsinan
• February 3, 2020

C-SPAN Is So Hot Right Now

This is not a sign of a government working well.

• Kathy Gilsinan
• January 27, 2020

The War Machine Is Run on Contracts

America's wars wouldn’t be possible without contractors, but presidents usually ignore the thousands who have died.

• Kathy Gilsinan
• January 17, 2020

America’s Self-Sabotage in the Middle East

The consequences of these decisions will extend far beyond the region itself.

• Kathy Gilsinan
• January 6, 2020