World Affairs

State Department’s Matt Murray on Trade with Asia, and US-China Relations

In the background of the latest US-China political disputes, is the Asia-Pacific Economic...

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TikTok On the Clock

Congress is debating the future of TikTok, the hugely popular video app owned by a Chinese...

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Why Russia Is Stealing Ukraine’s Future

In recent decades, millions more Russians have died than have been born. There are many causes –...

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The ICC Issues a Warrant for Putin… What Happens Next?

Since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, thousands of Ukrainian children have been abducted by...

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Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, Fighting Authoritarianism in Exile

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has long had strong ties to the Kremlin, but he has...

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Can Microloans Lift Women Out of Poverty?

So far, the world has failed to keep up with the U.N. development goals for gender equality… and...

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Alexei Navalny Goes Hollywood

Last May, Ray sat down with documentarian Daniel Roher to chat 'Navalny,' his new film following...

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21 Economies Walk Into a Conference Room…

There are few places in the world where delegates from the United States, China and Russia meet...

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The Children the Pandemic Left Behind (And How We Can Help Them Catch Up)

One billion children lost a year or more of critical schooling due to the lockdowns caused by...

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What A Veteran Writer from the New Yorker Learned Covering the Ukraine War

Joshua Yaffa wasn’t a war correspondent, but The New Yorker writer became one when Russia invaded...

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Ambassador McFaul: How the Ukrainians Can Break Through

The war over Ukraine continues, and former US Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul says Putin is...

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From Russia with Love: Escaped Russians Face History

When Putin announced a mandatory draft of Russians after taking huge losses in Ukraine, thousands...

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Bill Browder: Putin’s Stalemate in Ukraine

Bill Browder, formerly Russia’s largest foreign investor, predicted President Vladimir Putin’s...

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Why China Can’t Forget the Century of Humiliation

The aftermath of the Chinese surveillance balloon saga reveals a growing diplomatic divide...

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Kerning Cultures Presents: Armenian Pilgrimages

A father and daughter journey to their ancestral homeland, looking to track down the place their...

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The Siege of Stepanakert: A Post-Soviet Conflict in Ukraine’s Shadow

On December 12, 2022, Azerbaijan blockaded a narrow road into Nagorno-Karabakh, creating a...

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Has the NRA Gone Global?

Earlier in the week, we heard about how Jair Bolsonaro stoked a Second Amendement culture war in...

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Storming Brasilia: Bolsonaro's Second Amendment Culture War

Over the course of his presidency, Jair Bolosonaro made a U.S.-style gun culture the defining...

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The Man Who Runs The World: Xi Jinping’s China

*Ray Suarez will be at World Affairs live and in-person on Wednesday, February 1, 2023, for a...

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Learning From Past Fights With Inflation

Economist Brad DeLong was feeling optimistic in February 2021, because inflation was well below...

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