Politics

The evangelical musician died of COVID-19 after calling it fake news. But he was a victim of forces much larger than him.

The coronavirus pandemic might not disrupt politics in wealthy Western democracies, but it is likely to unleash political instability—and even regime change—in developing countries already suffering from an economic crisis.

Repeated attempts by Catalan secessionists to break away are increasing polarization and preventing reconciliation.

As political divisions hold up talks with the Taliban, Afghan forces are paying the price.

Don’t mistake different messages for division within the party.

The country’s newest leaders should have jumped into action immediately. Instead, they wasted precious weeks jockeying over cabinet positions.

America’s politicians are older than ever—and dangerously vulnerable to the coronavirus as a result.

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

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.

The pandemic is truly terrifying. But other forces are intensifying our fears.

Eager to appease his benefactor in Beijing, the Cambodian leader is excluding China’s role from the Khmer Rouge narrative.

Indian culture may be ancient, but its unity is rare and recent. A growing hostility to Muslims threatens to upend the world’s largest democracy.

An expert on communal riots says the country may well be witnessing the start of a larger pogrom.

The Democrats’ presidential primary has exposed the pathological moral obsessions of U.S. foreign policy.

Grappling with economic and political turmoil, Lebanon’s government is underequipped for a public health emergency.

The United States has aided polarized democracies in countries from Kenya to Sri Lanka. It’s time to apply those lessons at home.