World Politics Review https://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/ Expert analysis on global affairs from World Politics Review. Thu, 24 Sep 2026 18:39:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.2 https://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/cropped-favicon-white-bg-32x32.png World Politics Review https://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/ 32 32 205851186 Trump and Xi’s “No Breakthroughs, No Breakdowns” Summit https://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/trump-xi-us-china-summit-ai-trade-taiwan/ Thu, 24 Sep 2026 18:35:50 +0000 https://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/?p=435130 The two leaders remain at odds over AI, trade and Taiwan, but both would like to avoid a major escalation.

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President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump greet Chinese leader Xi Jinping and his wife, Peng Liyuan, at Joint Base Andrews, MD, Sept. 23, 2026. (AP Photo by Mark Schiefelbein)
 Trump’s Bluster Isn’t Landing Like It Used to https://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/trump-unga-threats-iran-annihilate-munitions-greenland/ Thu, 24 Sep 2026 13:11:00 +0000 https://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/?p=435083 The president’s rhetorical extremes once alarmed global leaders. But his latest U.N. speech showed how their shock value has diminished.

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President Donald Trump addresses the 81st session of the U.N. General Assembly in New York, Sept. 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
 Palestinians Plan for Long-Delayed Elections Amid Internal Divisions and Israeli Obstruction https://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/palestine-elections-abbas-hamas-fatah-barghouti-dahlan/ Thu, 24 Sep 2026 12:32:03 +0000 https://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/?p=435037 Political infighting, Israeli restrictions and years of war are stacking the odds against elections that are planned for November.

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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at the Innovation and Excellence Compound in Ramallah, West Bank, Sept. 9, 2026. (AP Photo by Mahmoud Illean)
 Morocco’s Youth Are Voting With Their Feet https://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/morocco-youth-genz-elections-migration/ Wed, 23 Sep 2026 18:54:45 +0000 https://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/?p=435003 As Moroccans go to the polls today to elect a new parliament, many young voters expect little to change.

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People take part in a youth led protest in Casablanca, Morocco, Oct. 5, 2025. (AP Photo by Mosa'ab Elshamy)
 AI Really Could End the World—If Humans Don’t First https://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/ai-risks-apocalypse-human-misuse/ Wed, 23 Sep 2026 13:14:37 +0000 https://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/?p=434977 The public’s imagination has been captured by a doomsday narrative that fails to consider the very real threat of humans misusing AI.

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A demonstration organized by the group Pause AI outside Downing Street, London, Sep 16, 2026 (Vuk Valcic for Sipa via AP)
 A Banking Scandal Becomes an Electoral Minefield in Brazil https://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/brazil-banco-master-vorcaro-bolsonaro-lula/ Wed, 23 Sep 2026 12:09:55 +0000 https://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/?p=434936 Fallout from the arrest of a prominent financier has ensnared the Supreme Court and both frontrunners in next month’s presidential election.

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Brazilian presidential candidate Flávio Bolsonaro with his wife at a rally in Sao Paulo, Sept. 7, 2026 (Aloisio Mauricio for Sipa via AP)
 The U.S. May Have Committed Crimes Against Humanity, U.N. Report Finds https://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/us-drug-boat-strikes-trump-war-crimes-against-humanity/ Tue, 22 Sep 2026 20:44:05 +0000 https://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/?p=434922 The report examined 68 strikes against alleged drug-trafficking boats in the Eastern Pacific and Caribbean that killed 223 people between September 2025 and August 2026.

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Attorney General Pam Bondi listen as U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a roundtable on criminal cartels at the White House, in Washington, Oct. 23, 2025 (AP photo by Evan Vucci).
 The U.N. Is More Resilient Than Trump Thinks https://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/trump-unga-world-leaders-ai-global-order/ Tue, 22 Sep 2026 19:45:08 +0000 https://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/?p=434915 Much will depend on how other states respond to the unraveling of a global order that, for all its flaws, delivered collective goods that remain in high demand.

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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York, Sept. 22, 2026. (AP Photo by Yuki Iwamura)
 Three Signs That Humanity Is Responding to Wake-Up Calls https://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/three-events-humanity-unga-map-ai-climate/ Tue, 22 Sep 2026 13:42:09 +0000 https://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/?p=434881 Three recent events involve powerful shifts in perspective about the relationship among nations, the planet and humanity.

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The earth is seen behind the moon during a lunar flyby, April 6, 2026. (NASA via AP)
 The AfD’s Rise Poses a Critical Test for Merz—and Germany’s Political Establishment https://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/germany-elections-afd-merz-cdu/ Tue, 22 Sep 2026 12:32:06 +0000 https://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/?p=434872 Recent electoral setbacks are threatening Merz’s political agenda and leading some in his party to mull cooperation with the far-right AfD.

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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz gives a press conference at the Christian Democratic Union headquarters in Berlin, Sept. 21, 2026. (AP Photo by Markus Schreiber)