It’s more likely to inflame nationalist sentiments than change anything on the ground.

A rich and strong nation can pay for its own military.

But 50 years after independence, an authoritarian turn casts a shadow over the country’s future.

Decentralizing power can be key to long-term peace.

Jake Sullivan, Biden’s “once-in-a-generation intellect,” is facing a once-in-a-generation challenge.

India is a warning about unintended consequences for those looking to regulate Big Tech in the United States.

Islamophobia has spread far beyond the persecuted Uyghur minority.

A close reading of the philosophical career, and influence, of France’s most ridiculed public intellectual.

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

Elections in May will be the first since 2006—a remarkable but risky gambit.

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

Disasters usually come with falling birth rates. But this time, they might not recover unless governments take action now.

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.

Existing conflicts with ethnic groups add fuel to the fire.

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.

The United Kingdom needs to prepare for future climate migrants rather than obsessing over asylum-seekers.

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

Private equity’s power may eliminate promotion and relegation.

Most solar panels come from China, and using them to fuel a clean energy transition risks reliance on Uyghur slave labor.

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.

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.