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Pool / Reuters Britain Could Be Canada
Ottawa’s ability to balance its interests and partners offers lessons for London.
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Sunday Alamba / AP The Migration Driven by Developed Countries
Migration can be driven both by a richer country’s doing, as well as a poorer one’s undoing.
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Patrick Baz / AFP via Getty 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.
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Kevin Lamarque / Reuters Donald Trump Stumbles Into a Foreign-Policy Triumph
The president, however inadvertently, may be reminding the world of the reality of international relations.
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Ezra Acayan / Getty Photos of the Week: Giant Boar, Ice Music, Patagonian Glacier
A bull-taming festival in India, icy purification in Tokyo, locusts in Ethiopia, illuminated hats in Switzerland, a coming-of-age ceremony in Tokyo, bushfires in Australia, and much more.
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KGC-09 / STAR MAX / IPx 2019 via ... Meghan, Kate, and the Architecture of Misogyny
Policing correct female behavior keeps all women in their place.
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Franck Fife / AFP / Getty Photos From the 2020 Dakar Rally
Images of some of the 560 competitors taking part in a 12-day, 4,660-mile (7,500-kilometer) off-roading adventure held entirely in Saudi Arabia this year.
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Shannon Stapleton / Reuters The Big Split Emerging in the Democratic Party
The candidates agree that Donald Trump has gutted traditional American foreign policy. Where they diverge is in how to respond to that destruction.
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Nazanin Tabatabaee / WANA via Reuters The Endorsement Iran’s Protesters Didn’t Want
For autocratic regimes, foreign sympathy for demonstrations is akin to intervention.
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© Greg Lecoeur / Ocean Art Winners of the 2019 Ocean Art Underwater Photo Contest
Some of the top images from the 16 categories of underwater photography in this year’s competition.
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A rescue team at the site where the ... The Iran Plane Crash Is the Big Story
The accidental shoot-down of the Ukrainian passenger jet is a glaring example of how the conflict between the U.S. and Iran can spiral out of control even when neither party wants it to.
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Aziz Taher / Reuters Iran’s Response to Soleimani’s Killing Is Coming
The killing of Qassem Soleimani was a monumental blow to the country’s regional ambitions. It could be about to go back to basics in its response.
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Ezra Acayan / Getty Photos of the Eruption of Taal Volcano
Hundreds of thousands of residents within a 10-mile radius of the volcano are now being evacuated.
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Derek Brumby / AlexRoz / shutterstock / The ... The Twitter Electorate Isn’t the Real Electorate
Social media is distorting our sense of mainstream opinion.
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Mark Schiefelbein / AP The Moral Hazard of Dealing With China
Academic institutions must grapple with the question of when engagement becomes complicity.
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Matt Short / Barcroft Images via Getty Images The Hypocrisy of Harry and Meghan’s Decision
The couple have committed Britain’s greatest possible sin.
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Mike Blake / Reuters Photos of the Week: Devil Dance, Seal Wave, Loch Awe
Wildfires in Australia, an earthquake in Puerto Rico, Texas Longhorns in Denver, a volcanic eruption in Mexico, the Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia, and much more.
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David Mariuz / AAP Image via Reuters Animals Rescued From Australia’s Bushfires
Volunteers and crews from Australia’s National Parks and Wildlife Service have been doing what they can to help some of the kangaroos, koalas, lizards, and birds that can be rescued and treated.
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Camera Press / Pasan / RBO / Redux A New Nuclear Era Is Coming
We’ve gone from the first decade since the advent of the atomic age to not yield a new nuclear-weapons state to the brink of war between the U.S. and Iran.
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Andrew Milligan / WPA Pool / Getty Images Harry and Meghan Won’t Play the Game
Their decision to “step back” from the royal family reflects their distaste for the British press.
