Foreign and security policyWhen two elephants fight Unstable relations between Nigeria and South Africa threaten the future of pan-African integration By Ulrich Thum, Bastian Schulz
GlobalThe US's denial about North Korea It only took one day for US-North Korea talks to break down again. And Kim's January 2020 deadline is just edging closer By Mason Richey
AfricaThe other trade war A trade war has flared up between Nigeria and neighbouring Benin. It's about personal interests of the powerful By Hans-Joachim Preuss
North AmericaDoes Trump want to be impeached? Why the US President isn't stumbling backward toward impeachment, but might actually be eager for the fight By Ross Douthat
GlobalThe new space wars The conflicts of the big military powers are increasingly taking place in outer space. This is a major threat to global security By Daniel A. Porras
Foreign and security policy'Central Asia has always been important for Europe' The influence of political heavyweights China and Russia in Central Asia grows. Peter Burian on Europe's role in the region By Peter Burian
Latin AmericaThe global footprint of right-wing populists The triumph of the right is changing the world order. And Bolsonaro's Brazil is at the forefront of it all By Katharina De Moura Hofmann
North AmericaThe Epstein suicide conspiracies Each news cycle shows how our information system is poisoned By Charlie Warzel
Foreign and security policyA New START? In the age of Trump, arms control needs a relaunch: it will either be multilateral or it will not be at all By Oliver Thränert
EuropeThe IMF bargain Europe must get beyond seeing the head of the International Monetary Fund as part of the spoils from Bretton Woods By Adam Tooze