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Can the mighty Communist Party win the hearts of China’s youth, or will the 2D world lure them into Japan's clutches?

Scenes from Switzerland’s annual gathering of the rich and clueless.

A Russia hawk, A. Wess Mitchell helped reassure U.S. allies worried about the president’s relationship with Putin.

The continent can save NATO—but only if it takes Washington’s side in its growing struggle with Beijing.

Beijing’s Buddhist diplomacy depends on controlling the Tibetan leader’s next reincarnation.

Saudi Arabia is making a very risky bet that it can become an international tourist destination.

The detention of Canadian citizens on spurious charges by Beijing sends a dangerous message.

With Soviet-style illiberalism on the rise, what is there to celebrate on the five-year anniversary of Ukraine’s Maidan uprising?

Special Counsel Robert Mueller issued a rare statement disputing reporting on his investigation, and Trump's former envoy to the anti-Islamic State coalition speaks out.

The world’s authoritarians are on the march—and the West helped pave the way.

Here’s where the movement took off in 2018—and where to look for activism in 2019.

New regulations and reforms have helped, but major threats still loom.

Human beings are rarely rational—so it’s time we all stopped pretending they are.

Jacinda Ardern is the world’s anti-Trump.

Across the globe, new political players, often from outside the mainstream, are displacing the usual suspects.

Gen. Stanley McChrystal explains exactly why Qassem Suleimani is so dangerous.

Eliot Higgins and Bellingcat are fighting Vladimir Putin and his ilk, using little more than computers and smartphones.

The Little Ice Age could offer a glimpse of our tumultuous future.

Whatever the main issues of 2019 end up being, climate change will make them worse.

The co-founders of Memphis Meats on building a more sustainable food system.