Foreign Policy
Q. & A.
Donald Trump’s No-Strategy Strategy on Iran
How the President could drag the U.S. into a new war in the Middle East.
By Isaac Chotiner
The Lede
Who Gets to Determine Greenland’s Future?
Trump’s comments about purchasing the island sent shock waves through the Danish territory, and enlivened its independence movement.
By Louise Bokkenheuser
Letter from Biden’s Washington
Project Trump, Global Edition
Cut off all economic ties with China? End all aid to Ukraine? The ex-President’s men have a plan.
By Susan B. Glasser
Q. & A.
Elliott Abrams and the Contradictions of U.S. Human-Rights Policy
The longtime State Department official and Iran-Contra player on Israel’s war in Gaza and his own record in Latin America.
By Isaac Chotiner
The Political Scene Podcast
The Political Books That Help Us Make Sense of 2024
The works of fiction and nonfiction that offer clarity on the Trump-Biden rematch, U.S. foreign policy, and even Vladimir Putin.
Our Columnists
Aaron Bushnell’s Act of Political Despair
What does it mean for an American to self-immolate?
By Masha Gessen
News Desk
What Could Tip the Balance in the War in Ukraine?
In 2024, the most decisive fight may also be the least visible: Russia and Ukraine will spend the next twelve months in a race to reconstitute and resupply their forces.
By Joshua Yaffa
The Political Scene Podcast
The Year in Getting “Chotinered”
Tyler Foggatt looks back on 2023 with The New Yorker’s infamously relentless interviewer, Isaac Chotiner.
The Political Scene
Why a State Department Official Lost Hope in Israel
For more than a decade, Josh Paul helped send American weapons overseas. After the Hamas attack, he resigned in protest of arming the Israeli response.
By Benjamin Wallace-Wells
The Political Scene Podcast
Joe Biden’s Bear-Hug Diplomacy in Israel
This week, the President made a diplomatic visit to Tel Aviv, and sought aid from Congress for both Israel and Ukraine.
Q. & A.
The Humanitarian Catastrophe in Gaza
International-law obligations are nonreciprocal: one war crime doesn’t excuse another.
By Isaac Chotiner
Daily Comment
Can White House Diplomacy Help Prevent Escalation in Gaza and Beyond?
It is not a simple matter for the Biden Administration to be, on the one hand, the backstop for Israel’s looming actions in Gaza and, on the other, a voice for strategic caution and the initiator of a diplomatic track.
By Bernard Avishai
Daily Comment
Bob Menendez and the Perils of Dealing with Autocrats
Egypt’s appearance in the senator’s corruption case is a reminder of the risks of alliances with authoritarians, who often try to manipulate our political process as they do at home.
By David D. Kirkpatrick
Essay
The Case for Negotiating with Russia
Samuel Charap is asking Ukraine and its allies to consider how much worse the war could get.
By Keith Gessen
Q. & A.
Biden’s Moral Calculus in Brokering a Saudi-Israeli Peace Deal
The U.S. is trying to land a tripartite agreement that could dramatically alter its involvement in the Middle East.
By Isaac Chotiner
Q. & A.
What Prigozhin’s Half-Baked “Coup” Could Mean for Putin’s Rule
Although the immediate threat of revolt has been extinguished, the episode may embolden future challengers to Russia’s status quo.
By Isaac Chotiner
Q. & A.
Ted Koppel on Covering—and Befriending—Henry Kissinger
Did the veteran newscaster give Kissinger a pass on his hundredth birthday?
By Isaac Chotiner
Letter from Biden’s Washington
“Debt-Limit Terror” Is No Way to Run a Superpower
On the latest round of the Republicans’ dangerous game.
By Susan B. Glasser
The Political Scene Podcast
Trump’s Indictment, and a Brief History of Election Dirty Tricks
Our political roundtable looks at the historic charges against Donald Trump, then discusses a dark, decades-long campaign tactic practiced in Vietnam, Ukraine, and beyond: secretly manipulating U.S. foreign policy for domestic political gain.
The Political Scene Podcast
We’re Living in a World Created by the Iraq War
Two decades after U.S. forces attacked Iraq, our political roundtable explores the war’s lasting effects on American politics and society.