Stop Worrying About Chinese Hegemony in Asia
U.S. fears are not only irrational—they’re a potential self-fulfilling prophecy.
Once a laboratory for U.S.- and U.N.-backed anti-corruption efforts, the country is now backsliding.
Regimes are rewarding economic insiders and ignoring outsiders at their peril.
Activists argue the struggles for state transparency and national liberation are one and the same.
Washington should do a better job exploiting it.
What a New York court case revealed about the war on drugs.
From criminal gangs to elite corruption, cascading ills are almost entirely homegrown.
In an unprecedented step, Nicaragua moved to strip hundreds of dissidents and former political prisoners of their citizenship.
What Netanyahu’s assault on the Supreme Court means for Israel.
A new maritime deal with Israel could be an economic lifeline for Lebanon—if the government in Beirut can get its act together.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan hollowed out state institutions, placed loyalists in key positions, and enriched his cronies—paving the way for this tragedy.
Sisi’s mismanagement has plunged the country into crisis. Both political and economic reform is needed to save it.
A former Mexican security official’s corruption charges reveal the hidden politics of the drug trade.
It can be boiled down to a single historical factor: corruption.
Rolling power cuts, a failing grid, widespread coal theft, and corruption could pose a political threat to the African National Congress.