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Despite being shut out of WHO, Taiwan has largely succeeded in containing the coronavirus. Even as it faces a second wave of infections, it is helping other countries—and bolstering its soft power in the process.

Boris Johnson’s hospitalization has sparked fears of instability, but the U.K. government has functioned smoothly in the absence of prime ministers in the past and continues to do so today.

Beijing is using the coronavirus pandemic to expand its influence into the EU’s backyard.

Facing a coronavirus-aggravated economic downturn, Argentine President Alberto Fernández is walking a foreign-policy tightrope between Bolivia, Venezuela, and the United States.

Insurgents around the world are using the pandemic to win new converts and weaken their enemies.

As Qatar races to complete construction projects ahead of the 2022 World Cup, a small army of workers from South Asia are on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic.

Ankara’s finances were weak before the pandemic—but the combination of external debt, a public health crisis, and a president who chooses to protect his reputation rather than his people could spell disaster.

The world’s major faiths face a test, and some religious leaders are failing by endangering human lives in the name of adhering to tradition—and ushering in a new age of secularism in the process.

Nations have always mobilized young people when facing existential crises like war. The case for national service has never been clearer.

The pandemic might prompt the kind of cooperation needed to end the country’s civil war, after years of fighting and foreign intervention failed.

The insatiable appetite for disaster information is psychologically understandable—and politically dangerous.

Since the assassination of Qassem Suleimani, Shiite militias like the PMU have taken on a new role in Iraq.

The Blue and White leader’s colleagues and former allies have denounced him for caving to Benjamin Netanyahu—but his conciliatory gesture is a sign of statesmanship, not weakness.

The region’s economic and political systems were already under strain. In 2020, the virus may push them to a breaking point.

By listing a Russian white supremacist group as a terrorist organization, the Trump administration is sending a long overdue signal to Moscow and the global far-right.

Humanitarian crises including Hurricane Katrina and the Ebola outbreak show that graft can dilute the best donor intentions. More vigilance is necessary.

Against a backdrop of tariffs, 5G, and weakening diplomacy, COVID-19 might be a rare chance for the two countries to come together—if they can listen to their better angels.

Why now is the time for global cyber-norms to protect health infrastructure.

The outdated U.S. security apparatus was completely unprepared for the coronavirus pandemic.

Every era gets the infectious diseases—and the resulting political upheaval—it has coming.

By working collectively and innovatively, the region can prevent the next security and humanitarian disaster.

A trans-Atlantic chasm has opened up on pandemic labor policy. We’ll soon know which side got it right.

Intelligence agencies will play a growing role in keeping their countries safe during the pandemic—by any means necessary.

After the assassination of its high-ranking general, Iran has successfully doubled down on its regional military strategy.

The evangelical musician died of COVID-19 after calling it fake news. But he was a victim of forces much larger than him.

The pandemic hit Iran harder than almost anywhere—but may have strengthened the regime’s hard-liners.

Beijing is pushing to become a public health superpower—and quickly found a willing international partner.

One simulation of an uncontrolled disease outbreak concluded with riots and the National Guard on the streets.

Governments around the world are banning fake news about the crisis—and cracking down on their critics while they’re at it.

As some democracies try to lesson the pandemic’s effect on prison populations, dictatorships around the world are doing the opposite.

Why standard economic theories have no answers for this kind of crisis.