Argument

Moon Jae-in’s crushing victories have permanently reshaped his nation’s politics.

The Bavarian governor’s law-and-order paternalism has been extraordinarily popular—and could shape the country’s post-Merkel future.

Without mutual debt in the form of Eurobonds, the continent’s economic crisis will get worse, Euroskepticism will increase, and the EU could fall apart.

We should be skeptical toward claims that the pandemic changes everything. China won’t benefit, and the United States will remain preeminent.

As the crisis worsens, even more extreme groups may prosper.

A political crisis encouraged by the United States threatens to worsen the coronavirus outbreak.

The only way Washington can truly defeat the pandemic is by resetting its diplomatic agenda.

The expulsion of Africans from their homes in southern China is causing a diplomatic storm.

Vietnam’s repressive politics have opened up to handle the crisis. Will it last?

Destructive partisan divides and mistrust of government will hamper U.S. efforts.

Dubious and unfounded claims on the internet intended for domestic consumption are reaching far beyond their target audiences, allowing governments to spread disinformation cheaply and easily.

The pandemic has decreased some kinds of crime and increased others. But the world is much safer than it used to be, and we know how to make it even safer.