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The relationship between the two men proves that, even at a time of rapid technological and economic change, you can’t buy real power.

There’s one difference between the Wuhan virus and previous outbreaks in the region: China is now impossible to quarantine.

As the 2020 presidential campaign heats up, U.S. politics is getting harder and harder to explain to the rest of the world.

Attitudes toward the United States are improving across the Atlantic—but only because the right wing is getting stronger.

It’s not just Trump. Washington hasn’t had a coherent strategy for decades.

Scores of people in Wuhan and Hong Kong have been sent to hospitals because of a mystery respiratory ailment—and true to form, China is trying to keep it quiet.

Economic tensions with China may be soothed, but in 2020, Trump will have other trade concerns to worry about.

Qassem Suleimani and Tehran have won the battle for Baghdad. U.S. policymakers should understand that—and leave.

Lacking coherent objectives and a strategy for achieving them, moves like the assassination of Qassem Suleimani are foreign policy as theater—and could leave the United States worse off.

Several important events occurred this year, but few did anything to significantly alter global trends.

The region is accustomed to cycles of protest and political upheaval, so it’s better not to bank on successful revolutions.

The people want more democracy, even if their leaders want less.

The “Afghanistan Papers” point to an information cartel that will likely persist for the foreseeable future.

Inflated threats, concealed costs, and lack of accountability for failure—and the complicity of the foreign-policy establishment—have kept the infinity war going for 18 years.

The U.S. secretary of state appears to have one foot out the door—and that’s exactly what U.S. diplomats have been waiting for.

Be grateful for Greta Thunberg, Emmanuel Macron—and the fact that things aren’t as bad as they could be.

The benefits of their personal relationship are clear for the Turkish president. But the U.S. president has his reasons, too.

It’s not the disease that’s worrisome—it’s the Chinese government’s response to it.

The U.S. foreign-policy establishment is responsible for countless woes—but the impeachment proceedings prove parts of it are better than others.

Saudi Arabia’s crown prince will take money from investors in the national oil company—but he’ll be giving up far more than he thinks.

Central bankers are recognizing they have the power and responsibility to fight climate change. The Bundesbank would rather not.

Not all allies are made equal. But who’s worth the commitment, and who’s not?

The Turkish president’s war will likely fail because he doesn’t know what he wants.

The ruthless Syrian dictator is guilty of countless war crimes—and regrettably represents his country’s least bad remaining option.

There’s only one positive aspect to the disaster in Syria: It’s forcing an overdue conversation about U.S. grand strategy.

The Kurds have no choice but to always trust the United States—and to suffer the inevitable consequences.

His administration’s decisions will be erratic, ill-considered, and ineffective. In other words, business as usual.

A major new report about the Syrian war raises the question of whether Washington ever cared about it in the first place.