The country is struggling to legalize an industry at the center of its economy but the margins of its society.
Six years have passed without a special envoy. China and Russia will fill the void.
By curtailing free speech and doubling down on blasphemy laws, Islamabad is endangering its relationship with Europe and the United States.
The announcement of border openings is reversible, and it won’t stop the regime’s ongoing obstruction of aid to rebel-held areas.
The Russian president got many things wrong about invading Ukraine—but not everything.
As large-scale conflict appears possible again, NATO members should focus on reserves.
The Fund's bailouts for Egypt had one big problem: they weren't designed by country experts.
A new maritime deal with Israel could be an economic lifeline for Lebanon—if the government in Beirut can get its act together.
So unused to being challenged, the United States has become so filled with anxiety over China that sober responses are becoming nearly impossible.
Will the conservative opposition recover political power in one of Latin America’s leftist strongholds?
Jens Stoltenberg is set to step down this year, and the jockeying to replace him has already begun.
Charity can’t be dependent on the whims of billionaires.
Covert U.S. intrusions into Chinese airspace were common for decades.
Even if Moscow holds onto territory, the war has wrecked its future.
The U.S. Treasury Department’s recent sanctions are only a first step in stopping the Russian mercenaries.
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