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Who Would Really Benefit From a Freeze on EU Enlargement in the Balkans?

Aleks Eror Tuesday, July 16, 2019

French President Emmanuel Macron recently voiced his opposition to further enlargement of the European Union. Macron’s stance reflects a much broader fatigue over enlargement across the continent, but refusing the Balkan states entry into the bloc risks driving them into the arms of other powerful actors.

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Trump’s ‘Prosper Africa’ Strategy Is Fixated on a Cold War-Like View of China

Kimberly Ann Elliott Tuesday, July 16, 2019

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Same-Sex Marriage Is Legal in Ecuador, but Will All Ecuadorians Accept It?

The Editors Monday, July 15, 2019

Can Greece’s New Democracy Abandon Its Aggressive Rhetoric and Govern?

Yiannis Baboulias Monday, July 15, 2019

Column

Taking Stock of the U.N.’s Sustainable Development Goals

Stewart M. Patrick Monday, July 15, 2019

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Was Britain’s Ambassador Collateral Damage of Strained U.S.-U.K. Ties Under Trump?

The Editors Friday, July 12, 2019

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Why the EU Is Struggling to Compete for Influence in Southeast Asia

David Hutt Tuesday, July 16, 2019

The EU has become more assertive in Southeast Asia, making trade dependent on political conditions in several countries. Although there is good reason for the region to be a test case for this new approach, the EU has yet to prove its effectiveness in actually influencing other governments’ behavior.

Franco’s Exhumation and the Unsettled Legacy of Spain’s Democratic Transition

Omar G. Encarnación Tuesday, July 9, 2019

Europe Has Spent Years Trying to Prevent ‘Chaos’ in the Sahel. It Failed

Peter Dörrie Tuesday, June 25, 2019

In Brazil, Dictatorship-Era Wounds Never Really Healed. Then Came Bolsonaro

Sophie Foggin Tuesday, June 18, 2019

A Booming Meth Trade Challenges Southeast Asia’s Approach to Drug Policy

Daniel Quinlan Tuesday, June 11, 2019

As Ayahuasca Tourism Booms, Peru’s Traditional Healers Try to Regain Control

Barbara Fraser Tuesday, June 4, 2019

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United States

How to Fix America’s Absentee Diplomacy in Africa

Howard W. French Wednesday, July 17, 2019

Europe

Who Would Really Benefit From a Freeze on EU Enlargement in the Balkans?

Aleks Eror Tuesday, July 16, 2019

Middle East & North Africa

Iran Knows Trump Doesn’t Want a War and Is Trying to Wait Him Out

Frida Ghitis Thursday, July 11, 2019

Asia-Pacific

The Trade War Is Not the Only Drag on China’s Slowing Economy

Benjamin Wilhelm Wednesday, July 17, 2019

The Americas

Same-Sex Marriage Is Legal in Ecuador, but Will All Ecuadorians Accept It?

The Editors Monday, July 15, 2019

Africa

Can a Long-Awaited Transitional Justice Policy Bring Accountability to Uganda?

Sophie Neiman Wednesday, July 17, 2019

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