Western powers and donors created a category that consigned the women of Afghanistan to perpetual victimhood—while all parties instrumentalized them for political ends.
As China postures, Washington remains committed.
The return of the Taliban may have ended the fighting. The suffering goes on.
Beijing’s ambitions are about to crash into its problems.
Yet plenty of Western intellectuals and politicians still ignore what Moscow is saying loud and clear.
In Europe and the Middle East, plans for missile defense are a mixed blessing.
Kyiv has shown that it can hit far behind enemy lines, but putting Crimea in play may deal a psychological blow without altering the territorial endgame.
Two experts on the Taliban’s governing style—and why Pakistan has “buyer’s remorse.”
Europe and Poland need each other more than ever.
The small Caucasus country challenges the idea that the world is splitting into democratic and autocratic camps.
Ankara has used its unique position for a strategic advantage.
Outspoken supporters of Russia are likely to play key roles in the next government.
Britain’s likely next prime minister is a foreign-policy hard-liner.
Tafsir Siyaposh has spent the past year pressing the Taliban on women’s rights by besting them at their own theological jousts on live television.
There are two Western views of the same facts on the ground in Ukraine—and only one can be correct.
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Beijing’s ambitions are about to crash into its problems.
By raising interest rates, the Federal Reserve strengthened the U.S. currency—and revealed its centrality to global order.
As debt burdens worsen, all eyes are on the IMF.
As China postures, Washington remains committed.
