United States

The British government announced March 27 that Prime Minister Boris Johnson tested positive for coronavirus, making him the first world leader to do so. As the United Kingdom is an advanced [...]

Not all epidemics are created equal, even when everyone is battling the same pathogen. Let’s start with timing and intensity. The imminent coronavirus wave of cases about to hit the United [...]

by Melissa Taylor and Peter Zeihan Note from Peter: Dealing with health issues that impact family structure is not my strong point either topically or mentally. The bulk of this newsletter is the [...]

Today, I’m not going to go through all the country-by-country details of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. My team and I are working diligently – franticly – to assimilate a huge amount of [...]

I try to avoid US domestic politics in most of my work. In part because domestic politics are a loud and busy space, and it is easy to have your work get lost in the noise and rage. In part [...]

Four things have popped up in the past 48 hours that are worth a look. First, we now have enough preliminary data to say some general things about the virus and the news is good: the virus is [...]

It isn’t every day you can say a missile strike means things are calming down, but hey, it’s the Middle East. The rules are different.

by Peter Zeihan and Michael N. Nayebi-Oskoui  This piece is part of the Cutting Room Files, portions of the upcoming Disunited Nations text that were cut for length. Disunited [...]

by Peter Zeihan and Michael N. Nayebi-Oskoui This piece is part of the Cutting Room Files, portions of the upcoming Disunited Nations text that were cut for length. Disunited [...]

This day was always going to happen. On October 7, U.S. President Donald Trump announced a partial withdrawal of U.S. forces from Syria. Soon after, Turkish forces began moving south [...]