The popular quest for freedom and self-determination brought down the Berlin Wall, ending an era. Read More

UK election will be decided by the millions of voters left by the wayside as parties abandon the center. Read More

This just in: Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead, according to people who spoke to us on condition of anonymity because they were... Read More

Protesters in Lebanon and Iraq have been venting their fury at Iran, which is accused of practically running their countries. Tehran is not... Read More

The Situation Room, October 2039: the president and vice president, senior generals and admirals, key cabinet members, and other top national... Read More

A UN speech Turkish President Recep Erdogan delivered in September deserves much more attention than it got because it reflects a continued... Read More

Ever since Vetëvendosje came out first in Kosovo's elections a month ago, everyone interested in the Balkans has been somewhat puzzled:... Read More

Riven by ideological divisions and facing a lack of adequate regional mechanisms, neighboring countries cannot even agree on whether Evo... Read More

Opinion An authoritarian leader's rule ended when citizens tired of him and the military refused to intervene. Could the same thing happen in... Read More

Having been labelled ‘dumb', ‘getting dumber' and ‘too dependent on China', it's been a rough few weeks for Australia's... Read More

As the Arab Spring version 2.0 sweeps Lebanon and Iraq, an intriguing question looms: Why has there been no Arab Spring in Palestine? Read More

Sadly, the president’s fecklessness in the proxy war with Russia is emblematic of his larger foreign policy. Read More

I spent my earliest years under a Corbynista dictatorship. Peru in the early 1970s was run by a Leftist general called Juan Velasco who,... Read More

Frank Dobson was one of the first members of parliament I got to know. He was among the local MPs on my patch in north London in the days... Read More

Many observers see a proud man who refuses to climb down, especially only days after agreeing not to fight the 317 seats the Tories won in... Read More

Is this a Brexit election? Well, yes and no. Escape the echo chambers of what Dominic Cummings, the Prime Minister's chief adviser,... Read More

A record-setting "acqua alta" has left much of Venice submerged, following stormy conditions blowing in from the Adriatic Sea. Read More

Former British Army officer who co-founded the White Helmets civil defence group in Syria Read More

The pragmatic engagement that Marshall believed in required the United States to know its limits but also to honor its values whenever... Read More

Protests have grown more violent and are now affecting daily business Read More

In this interview with Eurozine, political scientist Ivan Krastev elaborates on the thesis that illiberalism in central eastern Europe today... Read More

“We might as well go down fighting.” Read More

Macron's and AKK's distinct styles obscure a core agreement: threats to the transatlantic relationship mean that European countries must... Read More

The alliance is alive but must work hard to remain ahead of threats from adversaries. Read More

By calling NATO brain-dead, President Macron has ruffled feathers across Europe in the hope of injecting a strategic culture. The takers have... Read More

Just before Veterans Day, we participated in an unusual staff ride that examined the domestic front of the Vietnam War. We joined our... Read More

Liberal self-flagellation over the supposed failure of post-communist transitions is pointless—and even worse, counterproductive and... Read More

The presidents of Mexico, Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua, plus the president-elect of Argentina, all of whom congratulated former Bolivian... Read More

Evo Morales left behind a toxically polarized country and no clear path forward. Read More

Largely absent from the conversation on China's influence in Latin America has been a dedicated look at the normative impact of relations... Read More

The sale of British Steel is a dangerous foothold for Chinese Communist Party power in the U.K. Read More

The long-serving leftist President is ousted in Bolivia, but populist candidates show signs of resurgence elsewhere in the region. Read More

Kenney is no dope and understands Quebec's successful tactics for getting what it wants from Ottawa.  Read More

MADRID—Spain returned to the polls Sunday for the fourth time in four years, and just six months since its last election. After giving... Read More

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe surged back to power seven years ago, pledging to bols... Read More

The entwined roots of Indian rubber trees form bridges that—unlike steel structures—grow more durable with time. Read More

Jen Gerson: 'Wexit' reflects a cartoon version of the province that other Canadians find easy to attack—because it spares them the... Read More

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu is leading a military delegation to Egypt for the sixth session of the two countries' joint commission... Read More

By first trying to deflate protester demands for better, less corrupt governance and economic management, the group's leader Hassan Nasrallah... Read More

Iran has been spending money on foreign adventures while ignoring urgent domestic needs. Read More

The time has come not just to perceive Erdogan as an adversary but to anticipate the threat he presents to his country, his region, and... Read More

How should universities encourage respectful dialogue on contentious issues involving China, while at the same time fostering an environment... Read More

Former army officer helped start the White Helmets, credited with saving thousands of lives in Syria Read More

From Beirut to Hong Kong to Santiago, governments are eager to bring an end to mass demonstrations. But, in the absence of greater... Read More

The thread that runs through most of Macron's speeches and declarations is European strategic sovereignty: he fears that Europe will be... Read More

I am not an expert on the Holocaust, but I have spent time among many Yazidi survivors of ISIS and its crimes. Read More

After all the failure, they still look at our wars in the Middle East as some kind of golden age. Read More

Chinese influence in Russia's historical sphere of influence is growing. Read More

On Oct. 25, Israeli newspapers ran headlines quoting Israeli army Chief of Staff Aviv Kochavi, who said, “On both the northern and... Read More

The country’s growing economy and shrinking inequality propped him up for years. But its democracy and its institutions suffered,... Read More

At the beginning of the month, Nigel Farage intimated that the Brexit Party would contest every constituency in this election in which the... Read More

Fact that Brexit party still plans to field candidates in Tory target seats means it's not all good news for Boris Johnson Read More

The resignation of Bolivian President Evo Morales, the last serving member of the 'pink tide' of leftist leaders that swept Latin America two... Read More

The ousted leader is calling it a “coup,” but he entered dangerous legal territory in pushing for an unprecedented fourth term. Read More

When in January 1981 the Gang of Four issued the Limehouse Declaration and opened the way to the formation of the Social Democratic Party... Read More

One of the many unsettling aspects of this general election concerns the extremism of Jeremy Corbyn and his cadre of ideological soulmates... Read More

He’s made a hard Brexit much more likely. Remainers have to work together, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee Read More

What was Emmanuel Macron playing at when he threatened to veto a second EU Brexit extension in October? Few would contest he was... Read More

Economists mostly argue that the Great Inflation in renaissance Europe was caused by an inflow of silver. Historians counter that it was... Read More

Madagascar has little obvious strategic value for the Kremlin or the global balance of power. But Russians were there during an election,... Read More