Theory

We urgently need a global ethical consensus on how far technological advances can go.

False realities have been part of the U.S. political scene for decades.

Rwanda’s president once welcomed the Hollywood film. His recent attacks on the movie and its protagonist show that his government cannot handle dissent.

Bill Burns, a veteran diplomat, will helm the spy agency in an era of renewed great-power competition.

Trying to rebound after painful losses, the British party appears to be courting conservative and white voters—and losing its core principles in the process.

The unquestioned assumption that some groups are more “patriotic” leads to dangerous security risks.

From Afghanistan to China, the new administration seems likely to hold on to some ideas from the previous one.

Fears of another Trump make it even more urgent that allies work with Biden now.

Consumers will punish brands that rely on forced Uighur labor. While abandoning the Chinese market might hit profits, it will bolster reputations.

Why the push to bring home manufacturing won’t work—and what Biden should do instead.

Supporting the middle class at home and reasserting leadership abroad may be mutually exclusive, especially in Asia.

The prime minister has decided that international criticism is a price worth paying for pursuing his domestic agenda, but he shouldn’t be so sure.

Democracies have to learn how to manage some people’s innate fears of change.

The 1994 Ethiopian Constitution celebrated self-determination, but it laid the groundwork for today’s violence. Devolution could offer a way out.

A deluge of online conspiracy theories is dividing an already polarized country.

With democracy still in retreat, it is time to get smart about fighting back.

Amid economic crisis, sweeping new legislation on “public order” would stifle dissent—and effectively criminalize people for being poor.

The German philosopher was one of the 20th century’s most influential public intellectuals. But 21st-century politics has cut him adrift.

European parties were supposed to create a European democracy. Instead, they’ve given cover to bad actors.

Freedom House says transnational repression is on the rise—led by China, Saudi Arabia, and Russia.