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The elites' days are numbered, as the immigration crisis sweeps two anti-establishment parties to power. Read More
Backsliding in Budapest Read More
Dollarization has been no panacea for unstable Latin American economies. Read More
Venezuela's May 20 presidential election may be an election in name only.Nicolás Maduro is widely expected to be reelected as... Read More
Kim Jong Un's hot-and-cold behavior is messing with the administration's already disjointed strategy for the upcoming talks. Read More
A week ago last year, a small group of men, women and children gathered in the heart of our nation's capital to voice their opposition to the... Read More
Right-wing politicians are pouncing on an ambitious law seeking to curb hate speech online. Read More
The real question now facing Iraq is how Iran will choose to respond to Trump's withdrawal from the JCPOA. Read More
I write from Sofia, Bulgaria, after days when the entire European Union, together, has worked very intensively on the nuclear deal with Iran... Read More
An extraordinary ceremony with strong elements of African-American culture showed the coupleâs determination to bring... Read More
Why is President Xi Jinping, the most powerful Chinese leader in decades, presiding over a wealthy and resurgent China, embracing the... Read More
Diverging narratives about history and about World War II in particular are causing a widening rift between the post-Communist countries of... Read More
The prospect that President Xi Jinping could remain in power indefinitely has caused much consternation outside China.But within China, and... Read More
The survey reveals the varying motivations of the 28 EU member states for keeping Turkey close -- but not too close. Read More
There is worldwide concern over false news and the possibility that it can influence political, economic, and social well-being. To... Read More
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Hungary's authoritarian government has driven out a voice of tolerance and reason Read More
ALMATY, Kazakhstan (AP) — Hour upon hour, day upon day, Omir Bekali and other detainees in far western China's new indoctrination camps... Read More
U.S. trade negotiators should understand Beijing's concerns over sweeping reforms. Read More
The populist 5Stars and far-right League are close to a coalition deal that would be the stuff of Brussels' nightmares. Read More
M5S and Lega are sceptical about more integration as long as they can't profit from it Read More
The EU has expanded too far and is too inflexible. If there is no change of course, and Italy is its first big challenge after Brexit, the EU... Read More
Beppe Grillo—Italy's comedian turned prominent politico—talks Trump and the future of the European Union. Read More
Turkey's ties with Israel could be heading for a historic breakdown as tensions with the United States groan under ever greater weight. Read More
A documentary filmmaker discusses her work which looks at the erased history of Palestinians in a Jerusalem neighbourhood in order to point... Read More
A debased national movement at 70. Read More
Itâs crunch time for Mexico, where the course of the next two months will determine whether the country turns its back on a... Read More
The economics of a major oil deal seemed to make sense. But when energy companies are arms of the state, economics aren't the only factor. Read More
ICIT bills itself as "America's Cybersecurity Think Tank." But BuzzFeed News found it's running fake Twitter accounts and its top expert has... Read More
Many European leaders have made their frustrations with the White House clear. They may continue to make accommodations anyway. Read More
Hawa, a Hindi word for wind or air, carries a subtler meaning in Indian politics. A politician's hawa is the tailwind that propels him to... Read More
Her finger traces along the grain of the wood. “They went here,” she says, barely shifting her finger over one side of the grain... Read More
As we have learned from Scotland, ordinary voters do not place nearly so great a weight on the European question as devolved politicians... Read More
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The terrorist organization understands that death captured on camera is a potent weapon of war. Read More
The outcome suggests Iraqis want to move towards civic-based politics that encompass people regardless of their background and sect,... Read More
‘Italexit is back' as League and 5Stars prep for government. Read More
As the Trump administration struggles to keep track of the usual hotspots, major trouble is brewing in forgotten corners of the world. Read More
Nationalist presidential candidate Meral Aksener has joined a growing chorus demanding the release of politician Selahattin Demirtas, who is... Read More
A recent road accident involving a Sinhalese truck driver and four Muslim men in the Kandy district of Sri Lanka quickly spiralled into... Read More
On Tuesday, the U.S. Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned Valiollah Seif, governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI)... Read More
EU, Balkan Leaders Gather in Sofia for Summit Read More
The future of the EU needs to be built on an acknowledgment of the need for some differentiation across its member states—without... Read More
“Welcome to the Holy Month of Jihad.” Read More
Stop me if you've heard this one before. Last week, in response to U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw from the Iran nuclear... Read More
European Union leaders presented a determined front to stand up to U.S. President Donald Trumpâs threats to penalize EU businesses... Read More
Trump's unilateral decision about the Iran deal has put the EU in a bind, from which it will likely prove hard to escape. Read More
Open Europe's Aarti Shankar argues that the solution to the Galileo argument will help determine how ambitious the UK-EU security partnership... Read More
Now the U.S. has pulled out of the Iran deal, analysts are trying to figure out how many barrels per day will be taken off global oil markets... Read More
Momentum can change trends in international relations. A series of summits in Panmunjom and Tokyo has created growing momentum toward... Read More
The critique of the embassy move is based not just on the usual animus to the president but a belief in the foreign-policy establishment's... Read More
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Brazil's imprisoned former president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, writes an impassioned plea published by Le Monde, alongside a call by... Read More
Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro may impose a Cuban-style regime or convene a bogus “national unity” government after the sham... Read More
The administration has no choice now but to carry on the pretense that the negotiations are proceeding favorably. Read More
Trump knows that in terms of power, America is earth's 800-pound gorilla. Read More
My, my, my. North Korea is in a snit over National Security Adviser John Bolton who urged it to follow the Libya model of total... Read More
The real question is not whether Europeans are pissed off but whether they will do anything in response to Trump's actions. The answer is... Read More
Robert Lighthizer, the recently appointed U.S. trade representative, has one year to investigate allegations against China for unfair trading practices. This is widely acknowledged as the Trump administration’s most important step... Read More
Shortly before the siege of Raqqa began in June, Islamic State officials arrested Hammad al-Sajer for skipping afternoon prayers. Hammad, who is 29, made a living from his motorbike: he carried people and packages, charging less than the... Read More
Many European leaders have made their frustrations with the White House clear. They may continue to make accommodations anyway. Read More
