President or no, Lebanon has had no effective governance for decades. That's not about to change.
The country's own flag has become an anti-government symbol of protest.
The government in Tbilisi says all is well with democracy. But many Georgians aren’t so sure.
Many in Ukraine don't want to hear about their heroes' participation in the Holocaust. But Israel's President Rivlin didn't shy away from the truth.
This week's large and peaceful protest in Venezuela shows that the momentum is finally behind the chavista government's opponents.
Desperate to halt a recall referendum against the president, Venezuela’s government has arrested one of our authors.
Most Venezuelans want him gone. But Nicolás Maduro still has a few tricks up his sleeve.
The latest bloody fighting in eastern Ukraine shows that talk of a “frozen conflict” is premature.
After years of mismanagement, Venezuela's energy industry can no longer cope. Bad governance is plunging the country into darkness.
As of today, Turkey's largest-circulation newspaper — long a government critic — is no more.
The shooting of Aleksi Petriashvili, a former minister, introduces a dangerous new element to Tbilisi's overheated politics.
Here's why it meant so much for one writer in Kampala to vote in Uganda's seriously flawed election.
Tunisia's uprising was a cry against pervasive corruption. Five years later, it's only gotten worse.
When the country defaults, a lot of people are going to lose a lot of money. And they deserve to.
In the new, democratic Tunisia, people are protesting again — and for the same reason as before.
The Biden administration came into office promising to reinstate the Iran nuclear deal. Almost two years later, momentum has dissipated, and the deal has all but been derailed. Meanwhile Ira...Show more
Frans Timmermans returned from COP27 with his dreams dashed. Europe’s top climate negotiator says the global climate summit was a disappointment: The pledges made were simply not aggressiv...Show more
As Russia’s war in Ukraine continues into 2023, the weather will have an important impact. Ukrainians, of course, are more vulnerable than usual to power outages and energy shocks. But Rus...Show more
The war continues to be discussed in ways that are self-serving—and self-defeating.
Erdogan is trying to strike a balance of being pro-Ukraine but not anti-Russia.
The country's own flag has become an anti-government symbol of protest.
The government in Tbilisi says all is well with democracy. But many Georgians aren’t so sure.
