World Politics Review

Although the Iran-Israel war has come to a pause, regional tensions remain in its wake. A key nation at risk is Yemen, which faces the danger of slipping back into violent chaos or hardening into de facto fragmentation, @jfentonharvey writes. worldpoliticsreview.com/yemen-civil-wa…

In an (almost) annual tradition, I have a list of summer reads for people who worry about conflict and diplomacy @WPReview. This year, they are all history books (sorry if you were hoping for elf-centric fantasy romance novels). What did I pick? [1/6] worldpoliticsreview.com/book-recommend…

With Thai politics in the throes of its latest crisis, the role played by Cambodia’s ex-leader in the recent upheaval is striking. His meddling might say less about Thailand’s long-standing political divides and more about Cambodia’s domestic politics. worldpoliticsreview.com/thailand-cambo…

For the multilateralists looking to situate their current plight in its historical context, or draw lessons from past periods of diplomatic disruption, here are the reads @RichardGowan1 recommends: worldpoliticsreview.com/book-recommend…

The European Union has long prided itself on being the most progressive region in the world in terms of economic equality. A more holistic examination of recent data, however, reveals a far less rosy reality, John Boyce writes. worldpoliticsreview.com/eu-wealth-divi…

Thirty years after the genocide at Srebrenica, the Bosnian War continues to offer enduring lessons for the international community. The key question is which lessons political actors choose to learn from. worldpoliticsreview.com/bosnia-civil-w…

This year’s WPR summer reading list from @RichardGowan1 is for multilateralists who want to learn from past periods of diplomatic disruption. worldpoliticsreview.com/book-recommend…

Fueled by rentier capitalism, the EU is facing a rapidly growing wealth divide. Familiar remedies are unlikely to solve the problem, John Boyce writes. worldpoliticsreview.com/eu-wealth-divi…

Lingering disputes had already created a dilemma for the EU over how to handle trade with China. Trump’s return has only made it more complicated. Read more in today’s Daily Review: worldpoliticsreview.com/eu-china-relat…

BRICS has rapidly expanded over the past two years. Judging from this year’s summit, the increased membership appears to have hurt its mission. worldpoliticsreview.com/brics-expansio…

A border crisis has plunged Thailand back into political instability, in part because Cambodia’s ex-leader is stirring up trouble for domestic gain. worldpoliticsreview.com/thailand-cambo…

While a ceasefire brokered in Yemen in 2022 has held for now, the appearance of calm hides the fact that the country’s statehood is increasingly fractured across political, economic and geographic lines, @jfentonharvey writes. worldpoliticsreview.com/yemen-civil-wa…

Despite these dispiriting events unfolding today, the truth is that the international community has learned many lessons from the atrocities committed 30 years ago in Bosnia-Herzegovina, @charlicarpenter writes. worldpoliticsreview.com/bosnia-civil-w…

After rapidly expanding over the past years, this year’s BRICS Summit was underwhelming and underattended. What does that mean for the bloc’s future? worldpoliticsreview.com/brics-expansio…

In @WPReview, I write that the implied message from Hun Sen, amid his stirring of #Thailand’s political divides is that one-party rule in #Cambodia is better than the repeated cycles of political chaos and jostling for power among parties across the border.worldpoliticsreview.com/thailand-cambo…

With Thai politics in the throes of its latest crisis, the role played by Cambodia’s ex-leader in the recent upheaval is striking. As @_MichaelHart writes, his meddling might say less about Thailand’s divides and more about Cambodia’s domestic politics. worldpoliticsreview.com/thailand-cambo…

A ceasefire brokered in 2022 is still holding, but Yemen increasingly risks sliding back into conflict or hardening into permanent fragmentation, @jfentonharvey writes. worldpoliticsreview.com/yemen-civil-wa…

The international community learned from the atrocities committed 30 years ago in Bosnia’s civil war, even if it hasn’t always applied those lessons, @charlicarpenter writes. worldpoliticsreview.com/bosnia-civil-w…

Clashes in the southern Druze-majority city of Sweida, exacerbated by Israeli involvement, pose yet another major challenge to the interim Syrian government. Read more in today’s Daily Review: worldpoliticsreview.com/syria-druze-cl…

In one year, BRICS has gone from the organization that everyone wanted to join to just another multilateral meeting that might not be worth the time and money for the countries’ leaders to attend, James Bosworth (@bloggingsbyboz) writes. worldpoliticsreview.com/brics-expansio…