Existing conflicts with ethnic groups add fuel to the fire.

Talon’s procedural reforms have hollowed out fair elections and are a master class in entrenching autocracy.

A diplomatic visit to both India and Pakistan underscores Moscow’s growing regional clout.

Quiet negotiations with Berlin can do what economic coercion can’t.

A survivor of regime atrocities explains why the international community must act.

Tangled questions of Asian identity need answers that aren’t defined by U.S. terminology alone.

But the Biden administration still faces an unreliable ally in Duterte.

Pro-engagement politicians are aging out of the Liberal Democratic Party.

Many in Beijing realize a declining international reputation won’t help the country achieve its goals.

As Netanyahu forms his government, the parallels between the politics that led to a strike on Iraq’s nuclear facility and those that could result in targeting Iran today are clear.

The West’s economic orthodoxy of the past 40 years has been shaken by the pandemic—but the fight isn’t nearly over yet.

The U.N. dials up the pressure campaign against Myanmar’s putschists.

The country says it wants to pivot from hard power to economic power, but its economy begs to differ.

Letting culture wars drive debate about “laïcité” obscures similarities between France and the United States.

Claims that the rivalry is purely geopolitical don’t hold water.

Rather than taking Obama-era policies as a baseline, Biden needs to start from scratch.

In both the U.S. and EU, antitrust and regulatory efforts against Facebook, Google, and Amazon are gaining traction. But no one’s about to break them up.

A middle path, with a greater role for India, is still possible—and preferable to either extreme.

To save its approval ratings, the Kremlin might be better focusing its energy elsewhere.

Private equity’s power may eliminate promotion and relegation.

China is governed by a totalitarian regime. Why is that so hard to say?

It’s been a difficult and dizzying few months for Turkey—which is just the way the president likes it.

Peter Dutton stopped the refugee boats. His next job is stopping Beijing’s maritime militia.

In Lebanon’s absurd economy, money’s value depends on whom you ask.

Ignoring the central role of race and colonialism in world affairs precludes an accurate understanding of the modern state system.

International relations theorists once explored racism. What has the field lost by giving that up?

The new administration can learn from South Africa’s experience with transitional justice.

Other countries offer good lessons for acknowledging and redressing past wrongs.