Column Archive

After expelling French troops, Mali’s junta began working with Russian mercenary forces to fight insurgencies. It’s going just as poorly.

A number of global and human security crises are playing second fiddle in the media to the U.S. election. Here’s what to watch for.

So far, nothing has worked to remove Maduro from power. Regional leaders should work harder to learn from those failures.

Whether he’s out of new ideas or truly believes that what he did before worked, Trump’s second-term foreign policy will copy his first term exactly.

With Biden out of the U.S. presidential race, American Jews are now vetting Kamala Harris’ stance on Israel and antisemitism.

No matter who the next U.S. president is, the strong trans-Atlantic relationship that defined Joe Biden’s era will soon be over.

Xi Jinping wants to completely remake China’s economy. All the people who benefited from the old model are standing in the way.

Brazil and Argentina would benefit from cooperation. But what their ideologically opposed leaders should do and will do are very different.

India has all the economic makings of a future great power. But there are a lot of other factors where it is left wanting.

The center right’s alliance with the far right in France’s recent parliamentary elections is part of a dangerous trend across Europe.

Women have been blocked from international talks with the Taliban. As a result, Afghanistan’s men will have to carry the banner of women’s rights.

How will the failed assassination attempt on Trump affect the U.S. presidential race? Look to Brazil’s Bolsonaro and Argentina’s Fernandez.

The Supreme Court’s ruling on presidential immunity isn’t going to spell the end of the U.S. republic. But it also isn’t completely innocuous.

It’s well-established that democracy is losing ground around the globe. But support for democracy is also starting to fade. That’s a problem.

New PM Keir Starmer will need to balance public impatience for quick results with effective policies that lead to long-term success.

AMLO is pushing for reforms that could undermine Mexico’s democracy and the transition of President-elect Sheinbaum.

While international attention has focused on the far right’s rise, France’s left-wing coalition has gained momentum, too.