United States

In the rich, lazy, and happy 1990s, Americans imagined a world that could be just like them.

Believe it or not, this year’s pandemic-afflicted globe offers plenty of grounds for gratitude.

Israeli officials should urge the new administration to maintain U.S. economic leverage over Iran while avoiding the personal vendettas and public policy feuds of the Obama era.

India, Japan, Australia, and the United States have a good model if they want to keep the peace without threatening China.

The next U.S. administration will feature the most cohesive group of foreign-policy hands in at least a generation.

Environmental crisis has become caught up in petty struggles.

Every four years, Washington’s ideas industry indulges in its favorite ritual: trying—and mostly failing—to influence the next U.S. president.

The United States’ stalled presidential transition may seem like a farce—but it’s still the biggest constitutional crisis since the Civil War.

It’s not the accuracy of the polls that matters, it’s their ubiquity.

In the United Kingdom, an obscure partnership between business leaders and the military pulled the country back from the brink. The United States and other countries should replicate the model now.

The special relationship may survive, but the focus will be very different.

Paul Biya’s regime is ignoring the battle against Boko Haram and the Islamic State and using foreign counterterrorism assistance to fund its brutal repression of citizens with legitimate grievances.

Central banks have kept their economies afloat this year—but political dysfunction is pushing them past the breaking point.

The Oslo paradigm has proved dangerous for Palestinians. It’s time to look beyond it.

A race-based colonial mindset that views the continent as Europe’s playground and dismisses the concerns of Africans continues to fuel death and destruction.

Delivering on his promise will prove extremely difficult—but so may the consequences of not doing so.