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October 31, 2023

United States
Meet Dean Phillips, Democratic Presidential Candidate

The U.S. congressman from Minnesota is a candidate for the 2024 Democratic presidential nomination.

Phillips

August 16, 2012

Politics and Government
The World Next Week: Morsi Grabs Power, UN Readies to Exit Syria, World Humanitarian Day, and Russia Joins the WTO

The World Next Week podcast is up. Bob McMahon and I discussed Egyptian president Mohammed Morsi’s decision to cashier several generals; the impending expiration of the UN observer mission in Syria; …

Former Egyptian defense minister Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi receives a medal from Egyptian president Mohammed Morsi at the Presidential Palace in Cairo. (Egyptian Presidency/Handout/courtesy Reuters)

March 30, 2022

Cybersecurity
Russia’s Cyber War: What’s Next and What the European Union Should Do.

The EU has made long-term changes which will improve it's cybersecurity. However, the bloc needs to make a series of short-term changes to guard against potential Russian cyberattacks.

French President Emmanuel Macron stands at a podium with his hands folded.

February 20, 2023

United States
TWE Celebrates Presidents’ Day

TWE’s annual essay about the United States’ commanders-in-chief.

White House

October 7, 2019

Global Governance
Remembering the Washington Conference That Brought the World Standard Time

The 1884 International Meridian Conference gave the world standard time and constituted a seminal moment in the history of globalization. 

A line marks the 'Prime Meridian of the World' at Longitude 0 degrees at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich.