Global Currents

Who your daddy isn’t

Reshaping national identity in Kuwait

Feb 17 • Bryn Barnard

The loud silence of Syria’s Christians

They will have to choose to be subjects or citizens. Their choice may shape Syria’s future.

Feb 10 • Rami Al Amin

EU strikes back at US and China on trade

The European Commission’s new South American trade agreement comes more than two decades after negotiations began.

Jan 14 • Marco Zatterin

Kuwait: a model for a world without work?

What AI may hold for all of us in the future.

Jan 6 • Bryn Barnard

The two kinds of state solution

After the Gaza war ceasefire, might there be a creative way to ensure peace?

Dec 2, 2025 • stephen maly

Opposing might with write

Worldwide Ukrainian Play Readings expand the power of theater.

Nov 24, 2025 • John Freedman

Europeans want their leaders to stand up to Trump

But mounting support for the EU presents a dilemma for negotiating with Washington.

Nov 18, 2025 • Alison Langley

Red states and refugees: An African colony grows in Omaha

Newcomers bring development as well as diversity.

Nov 11, 2025 • joel millman

The Kremlin’s spiritual phishing

Click on ‘traditional values’ and get kidnapping, torture, murder

Oct 30, 2025 • Andrei Kordochkin

In Japan, slow but steady progress

Becoming the first female prime minister may be a milestone in other countries, for Japanese, her qualifications are more important.

Oct 27, 2025 • Katherine Roth Kono

Defending our ideals in the face of adversity

Democracy is about our rights.

Oct 14, 2025 • Suren Avanesyan

Could the White House inadvertently benefit foreign assistance in the long run?

Sep 30, 2025 • David Sims

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