Election 2020

His much-touted trade victory has crashed and burned with the coronavirus pandemic.

Whether it’s about trade or the coronavirus, it’s possible to be tough on China without being racist or reckless.

U.S. considers restoring tariffs as Trump makes reprisals against Beijing the center of his 2020 reelection bid.

The upcoming Polish election is shaping up to be a farce. Washington should learn from Warsaw’s mistakes before November.

A campaign linked to Russia aims to manipulate this year’s elections in the United States and Europe. Trump needs to let the intelligence professionals do their work.

The former vice president’s team is already in touch with the Sanders camp about a unified platform, operatives say.

The November election isn’t just the most important political event of 2020 in the United States. It’s the most important political event in the world.

Our contributors weigh in on Bernie Sanders’s departure from the U.S. presidential race—and what it means for an election campaign overshadowed by the coronavirus.

Bernie Sanders left the stage just as much of the U.S. government—and the world—was turning to his socialist ideas in the face of the coronavirus pandemic.

The shape of the 2020 race is now clear: a trusted establishment Democrat versus an incumbent rallying Americans against an “invisible enemy.” Can Trump pull it off?

Our experts weigh in on the first head-to-head debate between the two main remaining Democratic contenders.

The Democratic front-runner’s ideology has less to do with Obama or the Clintons than a distinct style of European conservatism.

His bumbling coronavirus response could well sink the economy—and his re-election chances.

Joe Biden is calculating that after four years of Trump—and one global coronavirus pandemic—Americans have finally had their fill of populism.

From party conventions to in-person voting, the coronavirus pandemic has made traditional election activities into deadly gambles.

Trump’s reelection prospects are looking dimmer—for the moment.

Either Joe Biden or Bernie Sanders will face Donald Trump in November. Here's how their views of U.S. power could reshape the world.

With his smashing Super Tuesday victories and Bloomberg's endorsement, the former vice president has suddenly become the chief 2020 challenger to Trump.

Markets might get jittery as bids by Biden, Sanders, and Warren to restrict fossil fuels move a bit closer to reality.

The results of Super Tuesday will help decide whether more Americans embrace runaway populism or a lost status quo.

Bernie Sanders wants to reinvent progressive foreign policy. Here’s the man he hopes will make that happen.

Former Pentagon official and campaign veteran Doug Wilson is helping the U.S. presidential candidate stand out from the pack on foreign policy.

The rising Democratic challenger’s business ties to America’s biggest rivals and his sympathetic comments about Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin raise questions about how tough he’d be with them as president.

Despite promising to restore U.S. leadership, the former vice president is fast fading from the 2020 race as his “most electable” pitch falls flat.

After Iowa, Bernie Sanders’s progressive views will shape America’s approach to the world for a long time, especially on trade.

With a trimmed-down field, Democratic hopefuls sparred over Iraq, Iran, military deployments, and the threat from climate change.

The slate of Democratic candidates includes two Rhodes scholars, two ex-soldiers, and a former chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. But don’t count on them to resurrect a Pax Americana.

No one can touch him on foreign-policy experience, especially Trump. But his long voting record will also be a vulnerability, starting with Iraq.

Trump will continue targeting immigrants, while the Democrats will target the rich. Success in 2020 will depend on the messaging.

The new NAFTA is going nowhere, China’s not budging, and farmers are going under.