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The country is making the transition from net importer of ideas to net innovator, and as it does, it is finding that good patent laws matter.

Coalitions are forming in the face of threats to democracy and pluralism.

Washington has abandoned the Kurds. If Europe doesn’t bolster its defenses, the Poles, Lithuanians, and Latvians could be next. 

Western leaders long saw the authoritarian Meles Zenawi as an indispensable ally. Now, they’ve found a new hero in Abiy Ahmed. But is the Nobel Prize an effort to make amends or influence Ethiopia’s political future?

After a long, mysterious delay, the Trump administration finally targets the Turkish bank for helping Iran to evade U.S. sanctions. Don’t expect Ankara to cooperate.

There’s only one positive aspect to the disaster in Syria: It’s forcing an overdue conversation about U.S. grand strategy.

They won’t make up for backing out of Syria and failing to stand up to Iran.

The Trump administration’s maximum pressure strategy is working—just not in the way that matters most.

Erdogan told Trump he would not attack the symbolically important Kurdish-held town in northern Syria.

Universities can’t handle Confucius Institutes responsibly. The state should step in.

Chinese officials want the U.S. president reelected—because he’s so weak.

Whoever sits in the White House come 2021 will likely have to confront a pandemic of some kind. He or she should start preparing now.

The region once acted as a bloc in world affairs. But as Costa Rica’s bid to join the U.N. Human Rights Council shows, Venezuela’s ongoing disintegration is ripping it apart.

Since the September attack on Saudi oil facilities, Riyadh and the Houthis have taken a step back from all-out war. All parties, including the United States, should seize this rare opportunity to resolve the conflict.

The Syrian Democratic Forces have recaptured some territory from Turkish-backed forces.

Leaving the refugee crisis unresolved while legitimizing the brutal Assad regime will only do further harm to U.S. interests in the Middle East.

How the U.S. government is failing women in foreign policy.