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After a year of chaos, a familiar face is returning to the top of a country that desperately wants change.

Trump's foreign-policy instincts might be more sound—but he has forfeited the chance to lead.

Bangladesh, once far behind, just surpassed India in GDP per capita. All the more reason for Modi to focus on the right reforms.

U.S. policy to contain China will require a lot more continuity with Trump than Biden’s backers would like to admit.

The great powers have taken big steps to fight global warming. Now attention turns to the rest of the world.

A German court is exposing Syria’s systemic atrocities—and ending any hopes of international reconciliation with the regime.

Adversaries are trying to undermine U.S. democracy. Hackers and regular citizens must identify weaknesses and make the system resilient in the face of cyberthreats.

Few countries have soured more rapidly against China than Australia, as decades of influence-building by Beijing come to naught.

Republican activists have spent decades building a movement, winning state and local elections, and grooming a generation of conservative judges. If the left wants to win and keep power, it must learn from the right’s successes.

The United States is threatening to close its outpost in Baghdad. It should have done so yesterday.

A reality check about the foreign-policy implications of a sick president.

The transition to a zero-carbon world will shift power in very unexpected ways.

The four ways the president’s illness can complicate national security decision-making—or invite foreign attacks.

The nascent pact with Australia, Japan, and the United States is pointless. It should be quietly disbanded.

The president has treatment options for his coronavirus infection. None are very good.

New Delhi has a long history of harassing international NGOs. But under Modi, things may reach a tipping point.

Thatcher and Mitterrand nearly stopped it from happening, but 30 years on, reunification remains the world’s most successful geopolitical experiment.

Biden has matched Trump’s rhetoric on trade soundbite for soundbite, and his economic plans are likely to make trade conflicts worse.

The late Ginsburg championed international law. Amy Coney Barrett has argued that what the world thinks is at best superfluous.

The real achievement of the Abraham Accords isn’t geopolitical—it’s cultural.

In a little-noticed speech this week, China permanently changed the global fight against climate change.

The 2020 election is veering into dangerous territory—and liberalism won’t be enough to win.

How not to evaluate American grand strategy.

The French president is making a bid to shape the region—but does his reach exceed his grasp?

The world can take solace that the potential next U.S. president is fundamentally a politician at heart.

The Democratic presidential candidate would stop sucking up to the region's autocrats, but he also wouldn’t give much encouragement to liberals.

The closer the president gets to election day, the bigger the threat he poses to U.S. democracy.

If a vaccine comes out before the election, there are very good reasons not to take it.

The Democratic nominee is getting ready to confront Beijing—but he doesn’t want another Cold War.