List of Politics articles
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Paris Saint-Germain defender Marquinhos and head coach Luis Enrique celebrate with the team a day after it won the UEFA Champions League, at the Parc des Princes Stadium in Paris. What in the World?
Test yourself on the week of May 31: Poles go to the polls, the Dutch government collapses, and an earthquake rocks Pakistan.
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Donald Trump points toward the camera as he stares directly at it. An out-of-focus triangular white shape in the foreground juts a diagonal over the image, cutting through Trump's chest. Can America’s Global Reputation Survive Trump?
Silicon Valley Rep. Ro Khanna is cautiously optimistic.
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Chinese President Xi Jinping, center, and Premier Li Qiang, right, applaud at the closing session of the National People’s Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. China’s Overlooked Premier Is Slowly Building up Power
Xi Jinping has turned over critical economic roles to Li Qiang.
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Newly elected South Korean President Lee Jae-myung speaks during a press conference at the presidential office in Seoul on June 4. What to Expect From South Korea’s New President
Lee Jae-myung vows to take a more pragmatic approach than previous administrations.
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Pro-Palestinian activists attend a demonstration called by the BDS movement and numerous unions in Massy, near Paris. Is Israel Becoming a Pariah State?
Stalwart allies are distancing themselves, including Germany and the United Kingdom.
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A person places an electric candle down on a display on the ground, which has numbers in yellow and other candles. Why China Hasn’t Seen Another Tiananmen Movement
Online culture and censorship have broken the ties that once spurred protesters.
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Karol Nawrocki, presidential candidate of the Law and Justice Party (PiS), gestures to supporters following the Polish presidential runoff election in Warsaw, Poland, on June 1. Poland’s Election Is A Wake-Up Call to Europe’s Centrists
Voters across the continent are demanding change from governments seen as corrupt and stuck.
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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a swearing-in ceremony for interim U.S. Attorney for Washington, D.C., Jeanine Pirro in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on May 28. Trump’s Choice on Iran
Will he be the president to finally break America’s addiction to Middle East interventions?
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A woman in a black-and-white checkered shirt, sunglasses, and a black headscarf walks on a sidewalk past a bright red wall mural. A simple drawing of a flying blue drone takes up most of the wall, surrounded by silhouettes of bats flapping their wings, and a large white searchlight extends from the drone to the lower right corner of the wall. The False Binary at the Heart of Trump’s Iran Strategy
The United States already lives with a near-nuclear Iran—and has for some time.
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Donald Trump supporters climb the Peace Monument memorial in front of the U.S. Capitol Does the United States Need a More Militant Democracy?
A political concept from the mid-20th century has never been more relevant than now.
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Employees of Mexico's judiciary take part in a protest against the judicial reform proposed by the government in Mexico City on Sept. 10, 2024. Mexico Is About to Start Electing Judges. That’s Undemocratic.
The controversial reform will only entrench the ruling party’s power, not bring justice.
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U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio testifies before a House subcommittee at the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, D.C., on May 21. Is the NSC Dead?
Trump guts the Biden administration’s most powerful foreign-policy advisory body.
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An activist o holds a banner reading "Hitler kaputt" with portraits of leaders of the Motherland (Rodina) party Dmitry Rogozin (L), Liberal-Democratic Party Vladimir Zhirinovsky (2nd L), Adolf Hitler and Eurasia Party leader Aleksandr Dugin (R) during an anti-fascism protest in Moscow, Nov 20, 2005. American Far-Right Views Are Welcome in China
Racists in the United States and Chinese nationalists share common ground.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin gives a speech during the Victory Day military parade at Red Square in central Moscow on May 9. Why Does Russia Propose Cease-Fires It Won’t Uphold?
Kremlin rhetoric aims to shape narratives at home and abroad.
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A worker rests on top of stacks of food aid in a storage tent in Burundi. ‘Trade, Not Aid’ Rings More Hollow Than Ever
As global trade fractures, it’s time to retire one of development’s most persistent—and misleading—slogans.
