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Couples Therapy in Munich

Plus: Tensions in the Eastern Med, and ranking U.S. presidents on foreign policy

Feb 12, 2026

In Bangladesh, an Election That ‘Feels Like a Festival’

Plus: ‘Derisking’ from the U.S., and Mexico’s water woes

Feb 11, 2026

A ‘Disturbing Escalation’ in Hong Kong’s Repression

Plus: Washington’s fragmented Indo-Pacific policy, and sexualized AI deepfakes

Feb 10, 2026

Preventing a second U.S. civil war

Plus: the consequences of WHO withdrawal, and more

Feb 9, 2026

Bad Bunny’s Expansive Vision of America

Plus: China’s influence in the Caribbean, and the travails of Mexico’s ‘Trump whisperer’

Feb 8, 2026

The fracturing of Latin America, China’s military purges, and more

Plus: All of the week's coverage.

Feb 6, 2026

Japan’s Takaichi Is Poised for an Election Blowout

Plus: Is Trump a realist? And the private sector’s role in aid

Feb 5, 2026

A Scandal Brews Around Trump’s Spy Chief

Plus: Reza Pahlavi’s rising profile, and the African Union’s absenteeism