Argument

Fixing Trump’s Mistakes in the region will be easy. Avoiding Obama’s will be much harder.

Turkey’s leader has caused many headaches in Washington in recent years, but letting ties deteriorate further would be disastrous.

Black Lives Matter has sparked change among a younger generation.

Female-led movies are repeating the same stale images of power.

Populist authoritarians don’t usually leave through the ballot box. The Democrats’ success offers lessons for others.

Foreign-born doctors and entrepreneurs are at the forefront of fighting the pandemic and resuscitating economies, but nativist politicians still want to keep them out.

Economic considerations are being put aside for human rights.

Rivalry with China is only one reason why U.S. policy on digital risks is falling short.

When it comes into effect, the African Continental Free Trade Area will remake African economies—and the world’s.

Chinese-language social media has been dominated by racism and fake news.

Biden has a clear-eyed view of the threat posed by Russia—but a lot of bad advice to ignore.

There’s a clear precedent for the president’s post-election scheming. It’s not a coup—but it’s bad enough.

Pro-democracy groups and foreign governments should be calling out Donald Trump’s attack on the country’s core democratic institutions. They aren’t.

More than other kinds of aid, to get out from under China’s thumb, the continent will need debt financing and private investment.

A new Russian video game takes transgressive material but does nothing with it.

The world can’t repeat the mistakes of polio, tuberculosis, and measles.

Without control of the media, military support, and international backing, seizures of power can flop.

With Sputnik V, the country is conflating good headlines with good health.

A dive into Chinese-language media offers some clues.

It spent early and spent big—and is now poised to reap the rewards.

With money and effort, a shared sense of truth can be reclaimed.

Janez Jansa has built a powerful propaganda network with backing from Hungary.

European leaders misjudged World War I. America shouldn’t repeat their mistake.

Data colonialism is rampant on the African continent. Smart regulation can stop it.

In gray-zone conflicts, police don’t have the skills to bring peace and full-scale military interventions can lead to escalation. A force that can bring stability is needed.

Sebastian Kurz’s government failed to stop a recent terrorist attack, but he has been saying—and doing—what Emmanuel Macron is proposing for years.

U.S.-China competition isn’t just about great-power rivalry. It’s about the ideological battle between democracy and authoritarianism, too.

The Eastern Turkistan Islamic Movement barely existed, but Washington wanted Beijing on board for the war on terror.

U.S. support will be strengthened, but Trump’s provocations will disappear.

Why Switzerland became one of the world's worst coronavirus hotspots.

An indigenous form of Islam developed within the West—rather than influenced by leaders from abroad—is the path to integration and peaceful coexistence.