For a deeper understanding of what’s going on, here’s what to read.
Author: AMANDA TAUB
How to Understand the Fighting in Sudan
Looking at the history of coups — both the successes and the failures — can help put it the week’s chaotic events into clearer perspective.
Northern Ireland Shows How Hard It Is to End a Conflict
Northern Ireland had tremendous economic, political, and geographic advantages — but ending the Troubles still proved extremely difficult.
What I’m Reading: Presidential Indictment Edition
Criminal cases against former leaders can be a positive sign about a country’s institutions. But of course politics often plays a role as well.
Israeli Crisis Shows How Protests Can, and Can’t, Force Change
What does it take for a mass movement to translate public anger into political results? Leverage.
What I’m Reading: The Rise of Fascism Edition
A comic novel from the 1930s opens a window on days when what would become a dangerous political movement was seen as a silly hobby.
The I.C.C.’s Arrest Warrant for Putin is More Than ‘Just Symbolic’
A different way to think about justice & accountability
When Judges Decide on Abortion
Cases in Poland and Texas bring legal vulnerabilities into sharp relief.
Interpreting the Week’s Most Important Stories
The larger themes behind the protests in Israel, the U.K.’s tough new immigration plan and a fight over U.S. labor unions.
On International Women’s Day, Avoiding the Patriarchy Trap
Happy International Women’s Day to those who celebrate.