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Kleptocrats, criminals, and con artists have all parked their illicit gains in the state.

Islamabad and Pyongyang exchanged technology, cash, and expertise.

After the Great Lockdown will come the next Great Migration.

An ancient community bears witness to its own purging—and recalls a more tolerant time.

It’s time to speak plainly about the deadly effects of global warming—and their unjust impact across racial lines.

In 1968, officials faced purges and exile.

China’s quest for rejuvenation dates back more than a century.

The French president has charted a new kind of centrism in Europe.

The British KGB double agent was a forerunner of today’s radicalized Western jihadis.

Bob Gersony was a mostly anonymous U.S. diplomat—and his country’s best model for creating change in the world.

The United States’ human rights story started less than 50 years ago with the extraordinary efforts of one president—and could end this November with the re-election of another.

Beijing is doubling down on its plan to keep migrants out of big cities.