Argument
An expert’s point of view on a current event.
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A frieze on an altar in Rome American Police Should Know Where Rome Went Wrong
Ancient notions of authority show where U.S. policing went wrong.
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A woman waits outside a U.S. remittance collection agency in San Isidro, El Salvador, on June 10. It Is Too Late to Save These Victims of the Pandemic
The COVID-19 catastrophe is shrinking remittances from the United States and creating a looming humanitarian disaster.
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Delegates applaud as China's President Xi Jinping walks past during the closing session of the National People's Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 20, 2018. In Xi’s Little Red Article, the Monotony Is the Point
The Chinese leader’s latest assertion of his absolute power is as tediously dangerous as his thinking.
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China's President Xi Jinping (L) and US President Donald Trump attend a working session on the first day of the G20 summit in Hamburg, northern Germany, on July 7, 2017. America’s Post-Coronavirus Diplomacy Needs Middle-Powers Alliances
Focusing on China alone would be counterproductive.
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Police form a line during a protest near the British prime minister's residence on Downing Street on Nov. 14, 2018, in London. To Downsize Bloated, Too-Powerful Police, Look at These Examples
Communities around the world have shifted to a lighter policing model to reduce tensions and curb violence.
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A European Union flag flutters in front of a newly hung banner that reads “Coronavirus Global Response” in front of the European Commission building in Brussels on May 6. Funding Unity in the EU
The union’s next budget and pandemic recovery fund could heal Europe’s divides—or make them worse.
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Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban Hungary’s Democracy Is Still Under Threat
Viktor Orban’s emergency rule by decree has ended for now, but the return to illiberal politics as usual incites fear and stifles dissent.
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Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa Is Sri Lanka Becoming a De Facto Junta?
In under a year, Gotabaya Rajapaksa—the former defense secretary-turned-president—has bent the democracy to its breaking point.
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Al-Qaeda linked al-Shabab recruits walk down a street on March 5, 2012 in the Deniile district of Somalian capital, Mogadishu, following their graduation. In Somalia, Iran Is Replicating Russia’s Afghan Strategy
Iranian forces are supporting al-Shabab and allegedly offering bounties. The U.S. government must stop Tehran before it further destabilizes the Horn of Africa.
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Spectators sit on top of a pillar at the World War II Memorial in the National Mall as fireworks explode in Washington, D.C., on July 4. What American Century?
Those who worry about—or cheer—its demise don’t realize that there never was one.
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The photo shows a physical imitation of a bitcoin in Dortmund, western Germany, on Jan. 27. Twitter Got Lucky With the Great Bitcoin Heist
The social media giant’s security failures could have allowed far more damage.
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Mourners carry a portrait of late Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon during his funeral service at Seoul City Hall on July 13. Park Won-soon’s Suicide Might Destabilize Moon’s Foreign-Policy Agenda
Sexual abuse allegations have wide implications in South Korea’s Democratic Party.
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A chemical engineering student works with a test during the method of separating specific proteins to be applied in the production of vaccines. The Coronavirus Pandemic Will Transform How Vaccines Are Made
The COVID-19 crisis could enable the improvement of the global vaccine system for all diseases. Here’s how that could happen.
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offshore tax havens coronavirus money To Pay for the Pandemic, Dry Out the Tax Havens
Corporations and the wealthy have stashed away as much as $36 trillion in untaxed money. It's time to bring the hammer down.
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The Vladimir Rusanov, a liquefied natural gas tanker ship, arrives in China from Russia Russia Loosens Its Belt
Russia’s foreign minister bowed out of China’s high-level Belt and Road meeting. Is Moscow finally signaling its discontent over the initiative?
