Why Europe’s longest-running war is becoming more dangerous
Former ICWA fellow Thomas Goltz on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
Déjà vu in Mali
A campaign against Islamist insurgents is undermining governance in the West African country, former ICWA fellow Hannah Armstrong says.
The end of the clumsy autocrat?
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko learned the hard way that rigging an election may be passé. ICWA's managing editor asks if others will heed his example.
Pandemic response is a real-life audition for German leader
The coronavirus outbreak is providing some Christian Democrats hoping to succeed Merkel a chance to demonstrate their crisis-management skills.
Berlin under coronavirus
Although Germany has received praise for its handling of the pandemic, the way forward remains unclear.
In Lebanon, protest anger simmers under curfew
Political and economic failings threaten government’s Covid-19 response.
With the coronavirus outbreak, a return to a Europe of borders
Far-right dreams of closing countries off have temporarily come true as the idea of European solidarity faces new challenges.
An oil price war in the time of coronavirus
A dispute between Moscow and Riyadh is dealing the US economy a blow and highlighting Saudi Arabia’s financial challenges.
Cooperating with the far right, German lawmakers break major taboo
Center-right politicians join the AfD to oust a state premier, a first in postwar politics.
Lebanon in uncharted territory
It’s far from clear how the government can square the need for economic austerity with protesters’ steadily mounting demands.