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Mikheil Saakashvili has forced himself back on the political stage—despite the danger.

From Brexit-skeptic to face of the “Global Britain” agenda, the new foreign secretary has always seen politics as philosophy in action.

Japan’s new prime minister is the moderate face of a party dominated by its right wing.

Sergey Lavrov has honed the practice of body blocking U.S. and European diplomacy at every turn.

Hossein Amir-Abdollahian is a staunch backer of Iran’s “Axis of Resistance.”

Stefano Pontecorvo spent his childhood in Kabul. Sixty years later, he coordinated the evacuation of 124,000 people before saying goodbye to the city himself.

Although close to Chinese President Xi Jinping, Qin Gang doesn’t quite fit the mold of hostile Chinese diplomacy.

Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya didn’t set out to challenge a brutal dictatorship.

As an artist, he dreamed of the West. As Albanian prime minister, the West is letting him down.

One of the country’s most powerful women has remained rooted in a traditional community. But religious parties still won’t let her run for office.

What the world has misunderstood about the German chancellor.

A stalwartly anti-Beijing figure doesn’t quite fit his party’s mold.