Argument

Western powers and donors created a category that consigned the women of Afghanistan to perpetual victimhood—while all parties instrumentalized them for political ends.

By raising interest rates, the Federal Reserve strengthened the U.S. currency—and revealed its centrality to global order.

A new initiative centers justice in Ukraine itself.

Yet plenty of Western intellectuals and politicians still ignore what Moscow is saying loud and clear.

Ankara has used its unique position for a strategic advantage.

The small Caucasus country challenges the idea that the world is splitting into democratic and autocratic camps.

U.S.-China competition could benefit Africa by forcing each side to offer what it thinks it is best at.

Britain’s likely next prime minister is a foreign-policy hard-liner.

Three steps for exerting maximum economic pressure on Putin.

Countries in the region are finally becoming full members of the EU club thanks to the war.

A Saudi-sponsored tournament shows why China and other rising powers will struggle to replace established global institutions with their own.

Since announcing revolutionary changes in German defense, Berlin has been dragging its feet nonstop.

The maritime insurance industry sees little elevated risk from China’s exercises.

Accepting—or rejecting—historical guilt for past evils doesn’t absolve nations of present-day responsibility.

Yoon Suk-yeol simply isn’t up to international diplomacy.

Despite the Shiite cleric’s apparent efforts against Iranian influence in Iraq, his chief inspiration is Iran’s founder and most famous supreme leader.

Analysts have been keen to make comparisons to tensions in 1996.

The EU’s obsession with security in the Sahel is a reflection of its own anxieties—and a betrayal of its values.

I oversaw the U.S. effort to capture the Russian arms dealer. Here’s what Joe Biden should know before trading him away.

Losses are building up far faster than Kyiv can manage.