Argument
An expert’s point of view on a current event.
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Protesters demonstrate bill on June 16, 2019 in Hong Kong. Beijing Blames Foreigners When Hong Kongers March
Belief in foreign spies is projection about the Party's own overseas activities.
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U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks from the State Department briefing room in Washington on June 13. Iran’s Carefully Coded Message
The recent strikes make clear that Iran’s enemies won’t be able to bypass it in the Persian Gulf.
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Aung San Suu Kyi with Viktor Orban in Budapest on June 5. Orban and Aung San Suu Kyi Gave in to Hate the Same Way
The two Oxford-educated leaders once preached liberal values—but found bigotry more convenient.
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Chinese flags in Chaoyang Park in Beijing on Sept. 30, 2006. The Secret Sources of Populism
It is a direct response to the West’s loss of prestige and authority. And it won’t be the last political trend sparked from the outside.
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Iranian Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani attends Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's meeting with the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) in Tehran, Iran on Sept. 18, 2016. The Islamic Republic of Recklessness
You might not think high-risk aggression is in Iran’s national interest, but leaders in Tehran have long disagreed.
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Piglets stand in a pen at a pig farm in Yiyang county, in China's central Henan province, on Aug. 10, 2018. China’s Outrage Culture Packs a Mean Punch
UBS is the latest company to cave to irrational but politically powerful demands.
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People demonstrate in support of Operation Car Wash and against former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in São Paulo on April 7. Brazil’s Car Wash Investigation Faces New Pressures
Five years in, the mammoth corruption probe, beset by scandal, shows no signs of slowing down.
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Nayib Bukele speaks during the closing rally of his campaign in San Salvador on Jan. 26. El Salvador’s Trump Takes Office
Can Nayib Bukele cozy up to the United States?
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The sun sets at the Summer Palace in Beijing on Oct. 8, 2005. China Is Winning the Solar Space Race
The United States should be leading on the energy of the future—but it keeps blowing its chances.
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Protesters hold placards and shout slogans during a rally against the extradition law proposal in Hong Kong on June 9. How to Speak Out and Stay Hidden in Hong Kong
Protest veterans have developed new tactics—but so have the police.
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The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) logo is displayed in the lobby of CIA Headquarters in Langley, Virginia, on August 14, 2008. How to Take Care of an Ex-Spy
Former intelligence officers need compassion—or they can turn sour.
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Two paramilitary police officers secure an area along a street during the Belt and Road Forum in Beijing on April 25, 2019. Belgium’s Beijing Embassy Calls Chinese Cops on Uighur Family
Belgian officials say their small country can't risk offending China.
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Fighters with the Lebanese Shiite Hezbollah party, carry flags as they parade in a southern suburb of the capital Beirut, to mark the al-Quds (Jerusalem) International Day, on May 31. Hezbollah Isn’t Just in Beirut. It’s in New York, Too.
The trial of a senior operative reveals the extent of the terrorist organization’s reach in the United States and Canada.
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi gestures during a rally in Ahmedabad on May 26, 2019. Modi’s Nationalism Is Spoiling His Global Brand
India’s leader has to mix a muscular foreign policy with a softer touch.
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A Chinese worker looks on as a cargo ship is loaded at a port in Qingdao, China, on July 13, 2017. China Is Bluffing in the Trade War
Chinese leaders say they can effectively retaliate against Trump’s tariffs. They’re wrong.
