International Affairs

United Nations Building in New York

What’s on the agenda at the UN General Assembly?

Bruce Jones and Adrianna Pita

Friday, September 16, 2022

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, right, looks at a map with Ukraine Minister of Foreign Affairs Dmytro Kuleba during their meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine, on January 19, 2022. On a visit to Kyiv to show support for Ukraine, the top U.S. diplomat said Ukrainians should prepare for difficult days. He said Washington would keep providing defence assistance to Ukraine and renewed a promise of severe sanctions against Russia in the event of a new invasion.

Ukraine in the age of unpeace

Mark Leonard, Fiona Hill, and Jason Cowley

European Power

Friday, July 15, 2022

FILE PHOTO: Gas prices are advertised at a Chevron station as rising inflation and oil costs affect the consumers in Los Angeles, California, U.S., June 13, 2022. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson/File Photo

Biden’s trip to Saudi Arabia is unlikely to lower oil prices

Thursday, July 14, 2022

Foreign Affairs Minister of Israel Yair Lapid (C) and Israeli Prime minister Naftali Bennet (2nd R) shake hands following the government dissolving vote session at the Israeli Knesset. Yair Lapid is to take over from Bennett as head of government until a new government is in office. Ilia Yefimovich/dpa

Episode V: Israel’s caretaker

Thursday, June 30, 2022

Supporters of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) political party wave flags as they gather to listen to the speech of the ousted Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan during a rally, in Lahore, Pakistan April 21, 2022. REUTERS/Mohsin Raza

After Khan, Pakistan’s political instability meets great power competition

Madiha Afzal and Brian Hanson

Deep Dish Podcast

Thursday, April 21, 2022

FILE PHOTO: Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan speaks during an interview with Reuters in Islamabad, Pakistan June 4, 2021. REUTERS/Saiyna Bashir/File Photo

Pakistan’s vote of no Khanfidence

Madiha Afzal and Noel King

Today, Explained

Tuesday, April 12, 2022

Leader of the opposition Mian Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif, brother of ex-Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, gestures as he speaks to the media at the Supreme Court of Pakistan in Islamabad, Pakistan April 5, 2022. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro

Meet Pakistan’s new PM

Madiha Afzal and Patricia Karvelas

RN Breakfast

Tuesday, April 12, 2022

Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif gestures during the guard of honour ceremony at the Prime Minister house in Islamabad, Pakistan April 12, 2022. Press Information Department (PID) Handout via REUTERS/ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY.

What’s going on in Pakistani politics?

Madiha Afzal and Jacob Schulz

The Lawfare Podcast

Tuesday, April 12, 2022

Pakistan's prime minister-elect Shehbaz Sharif takes oath as the 23rd Prime Minister of Pakistan from Muhammad Sadiq Sanjrani, Chairman of the Senate of Pakistan, at President Office in Islamabad, Pakistan April 11, 2022. Press Information Department (PID)/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY

Pakistan has a new prime minister after a week of uncertainty

Madiha Afzal and Marco Werman

The World

Monday, April 11, 2022

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy addresses South Korean parliament via video link, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in Kyiv, Ukraine April 11, 2022. Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Handout via REUTERS

Can Ukraine win — and what happens if Russia loses?

Fiona Hill and Ezra Klein

The Ezra Klein Show

Friday, April 8, 2022