A Cartoon of Peace and Outrage
Kushner can’t paper over the unpopularity of the Emirati-Israel accord in the Arab world.
View ArticleBiden Cabinet Hopefuls’ Unusual Lease: Break in Case of Appointment
The next president’s foreign-policy team was confident they’d be back in the White House.
View ArticleWhat You Need to Know About Tony Blinken
Biden’s apparent choice for secretary of state most recently played the influence game in Washington.
View ArticleThree Questions Facing the Likely Next Secretary of Defense
Will Michèle Flournoy head the Pentagon after shadow lobbying and working for defense contractors?
View ArticleThe Lucrative Afterlife of a Trump Official
Trump’s former appointees are profiting from their time in the White House—H.R. McMaster most of all.
View ArticleBiden’s Pentagon Pick Reveals a Limited Imagination
Every contender for the Defense Department had deep ties to weapons makers.
View ArticleKushner Defines ‘America’s Interests’ at the Expense of Human Rights
The president’s son-in-law admits that ‘our values’ are not driving new accords with Israel.
View ArticleBiden’s People Thought Reporters Weren’t Watching
Our 2020 coverage of the revolving door, foreign policy, and more
View ArticleHow to Counter the Secretary of Sabotage
Secretary of State Pompeo is setting political traps in his final days, but an emboldened Biden can avoid them.
View ArticleSilicon Valley Takes the Battlespace
Through an obscure startup named Rebellion Defense, former Google CEO Eric Schmidt attempts to buy his way into the Biden White House.
View ArticleBusiness as Usual With Saudi Arabia Is Good for Business
Biden missed an opportunity to hold MBS truly accountable.
View ArticleWhat Will Be Revealed in Jake Sullivan’s Financial Disclosures?
Biden’s ‘shadow lobbying’ ban isn’t enough to ensure transparency.
View ArticleThe Saudi Expert Who Hides Foreign Funding When Testifying to Congress
A former Trump official sidestepped a new ethics rule.
View ArticleThinker, Tanker, Scholar, Consultant
Every former policymaker in Washington is an academic, a researcher, and an adviser to big business.
View ArticleDon’t Joke About the King!
After a royal power struggle, Jordan’s satirists tread cautiously.
View ArticleHis ‘Invaluable’ Perspective Was Worth $100,000
Why Silicon Valley hired Biden Mideast adviser Brett McGurk
View ArticleA Most Admired Diplomat, Gone Corporate
Nicholas Burns, Biden’s likely ambassador to China, is entangled in tech and the arms business.
View ArticleCorruption Is What Other People Do
The Biden administration has embarked on a global anti-corruption campaign. It should start with Washington.
View ArticleWhen the Pentagon Visits Silicon Valley
Inside a senior Defense Department official’s meetings with Apple, Google, and defense tech companies
View ArticleThe Private Equity Firm That Made a Killing From the Saudi Death Squad
The darker side of defense cooperation
View ArticleMeet the Consulting Firm That’s Staffing the Biden Administration
WestExec represented major corporations throughout the Trump years. Now it’s in the White House.
View ArticleBiden Advisers Ride on Pegasus Spyware
The NSO Group, now part of a Washington Post exposé, has for years enlisted powerful consultants to save its reputation.
View ArticleThe Unheeded Dissent Cable
The White House only heard about an urgent warning of Afghanistan’s collapse after reading news reports.
View Article⏩ Climate, Infrastructure, and Equity: Navigating Build Back Better
Prospect writers discuss the obstacles to Build Back Better posed by climate change, privatization, economic inequality, and more.
View ArticleKiller Robots and Conflicts of Interest
A consultant and her clients share the stage of Washington Post Live.
View ArticleBurying the Evidence
How the military concealed its best chance at solving its sexual assault problem
View ArticleThe Stakes of Rafah
Over a million Palestinians, pushed to the brink of Gaza at the border crossing with Egypt, now face aerial bombardment by the Israeli military.
View ArticleDavos in the Desert, on the Coast
In Miami, leading lights from tech, finance, media, and entertainment gathered at the Saudi investment conference, yet another attempt to sanitize the autocratic regime.
View ArticleHow Biden Boxed Himself In on Gaza
The president draws on 50 years of unflagging support for Israel, and not even a humanitarian crisis can dislodge him from that viewpoint.
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