The Baltic states warned Europe and the rest of the world about the threat Russia posed. The world didn’t listen.

Former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his PTI party are facing a punishing crackdown by Pakistan’s military.

At a time when old certainties have been shaken and the pace of events is overwhelming, it can be difficult to assess what the long-term impact of a geopolitical shock might be for the global order....

Arise Ghana, a Ghanaian political pressure group, organized a two-day protest last week to express the public’s growing anxiety over economic conditions in the country, including unemployment, the...

A corruption scandal close to President Lacalle Pou is roiling politics in Uruguay, known for its stable democracy and economy.

President Macky Sall is considering a third-term bid, amid human rights concerns and Senegal’s polarized politics.

Afghan commandos who fled the Taliban after the US withdrawal are now being recruited to fight for Russia in Ukraine.

Small, landlocked Paraguay has been engulfed in a political storm that has seen both its president and vice president nearly impeached in recent weeks. The crisis began on July 23 when Pedro Ferrei...

As Somaliland’s case for recognition grows stronger, recent violence highlights the erosion of its democracy.

Two historical patterns provide insights into the role that private military contractors like the Wagner Group play within the Russian political system.

In Guatemala, corruption and authoritarianism are taking over politics, complicating US efforts to tackle migration in the Northern Triangle.

Many years ago, an acquaintance told me a story from her childhood in the country then known as Swaziland that sounded like something from out of the distant past. One day, she said, officials from...

France says it is committed to the rules-based order. In the Morocco-Western Sahara conflict, it chose short-term political benefits instead.

BRICS countries, plus Iran and Argentina, are all lending support to Russia since Putin began his war in Ukraine.

President Macky Sall is considering a third-term bid, amid human rights concerns and Senegal’s polarized politics.

The Labour Party, led by Keir Starmer, is likely to win the UK’s next election. They’ll need a quick win on Brexit and the economic crisis.

By dismissing outright the ICC’s charges against Israel’s leadership, President Biden laid bare the hypocrisy of the rules-based order.

On May 18, the people of Somaliland celebrated the 30th anniversary of their decision to unilaterally declare independence. Like the 29 such occasions before it, the jubilant fanfare was tempered by...

By dismissing outright the ICC’s charges against Israel’s leadership, President Biden laid bare the hypocrisy of the rules-based order.

As Somaliland’s case for recognition grows stronger, recent violence highlights the erosion of its democracy.

Protests against Macron’s pension reforms, which he pushed through without a parliamentary vote, have paralyzed France.

A hollowed-out Navy will undermine the US Indo-Pacific strategy to deter China.

Just days after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, as Europe still reeled in shock, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz declared that it was time for what he called a Zeitenwende, or sea change, in how the...

A year since the start of Russia’s war in Ukraine, Xi Jinping is realizing China may no longer be able to sit on the sidelines.

President Macky Sall is considering a third-term bid, amid human rights concerns and Senegal’s polarized politics.

West Africa’s ECOWAS bloc might step up as the region’s security guarantor after the coup in Niger.

As the US and NATO continue to send aid to Ukraine, it’s clear that Putin’s war there will not end anytime soon. But it will end. So how?

Two of Hong Kong’s independent media outlets were forced to close, decisively narrowing what little space remains for independent journalism in the city.

Egypt’s human rights and environmental records will undermine the UN COP27 Climate Change Conference as well as climate justice more broadly.

Documents containing allegations of torture filed to court in support of complaint made by Bobi Wine

Tensions flared after Bolivian President Luis Arce’s government announced a delay in the census, disenfranchising voters and threatening democracy.

Two military crises in the past week highlight how Russia’s ongoing war in Ukraine has frayed the global security order.

The fighting in eastern Congo between the DRC and Rwanda-backed rebel group M23 has the potential to escalate.

Bola Tinubu was declared the winner of Nigeria’s presidential election, in a ballot marred by violence and irregularities.

Lately, energy companies have been acting as if U.S. sanctions on Venezuela’s oil industry are likely to end soon. Last month, two U.S. investment firms—Gramercy Funds Management and Atmos Global...

Anyone with even a sketchy understanding of the Cold War knows that it was a time not only of intense direct competition between the reigning superpowers, but also of grand schemes by both the U.S....

Were red-flag alarmists wrong to argue that Jair Bolsonaro may claim the election was rigged, and thereby put Brazilian democracy in danger?

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

As diplomats and international officials head off on their summer vacations, most will want to stop thinking about world affairs for a few weeks. 2022 has been a grueling year, thanks to Russia’s war...

A hollowed-out Navy will undermine the US Indo-Pacific strategy to deter China.

The Trump administration twice approved the transfer of nuclear technical expertise to Saudi Arabia after last year’s murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, according to new revelations this...

The US and European economic sanctions on Russia haven’t had the desired effect on Russia’s economy a year into Putin’s war in Ukraine.

Every day, the gargantuan U.S. intelligence community, with its budget of $84 billion, scans the world looking for threats to the United States. In a landmark report released last month, the National...

With a consolidation of competing alliance blocs, the world is entering a perilous time. It may only get worse.

Arise Ghana, a Ghanaian political pressure group, organized a two-day protest last week to express the public’s growing anxiety over economic conditions in the country, including unemployment, the...

Having failed to reform Indonesia’s politics and economy, President Joko Widodo is seeking to found a dynasty.

With President Biden’s latest escalation of the China-US Trade War, the world is now a far cry from the “Golden Age” of globalized trade.