Dispatches
Reported analysis on foreign policy, global affairs and national security — each dispatch grounded in a place and a timestamp.
Trump announced an energy ceasefire. Zelensky is still waiting for the details.
The president said Ukraine and Russia agreed to stop hitting each other’s energy infrastructure — but did they?
9/11 taught America to look outward. Then we looked away.
Twenty-five years after the attacks, the wars changed shape, foreign coverage retreated and the consequences kept coming.
Weekly brief
A rundown of what we’re watching this week in foreign policy and national security.
Is time Iran’s secret weapon — or Trump’s?
Tehran may be betting it can wait out President Trump. But as sanctions and the US blockade squeeze Iran, time may be working against the regime.
Iran thinks time is on its side. It may be Trump's secret weapon
The Islamic Republic thinks it can outlast Trump. But Washington may have the advantage in a war of attrition.
Iran-backed Houthis just gave Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkey’s new defense pact its first test
But will it be worth more than the paper it’s written on?
Zelensky: Ukraine at stronger negotiating position as Trump team secretly prepares three-way Russia peace talks
Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, the Ukrainian president reflected on the renewed diplomacy push during Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner’s first-ever visit to wartime Ukraine.
The Correspondent Podcast — Episode No. 1
Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner’s have now finally been to wartime Kyiv. Now what?
Welcome to The Correspondent
Foreign correspondence should still require a passport.