Israel’s controversial decision to recognize the breakaway republic could trigger a global succession of secessions.

For the humanitarian community, 2025 has been the worst year on record. But there are also trends worth celebrating, and watching.

Marine Le Pen’s National Rally, once confined to the margins of French politics, is gaining legitimacy among voters and elites alike.

Amid an ongoing spat between Asia’s top two economies, Tokyo is seeking a diplomatic offramp while Beijing plays hardball.

Our columnists weigh in on how the Trump administration’s foreign policy of upheaval will continue to reverberate across the globe.

A decade after its birth, the landmark Paris climate deal is on life support. But a better model is possible for climate diplomacy.

Aug. 4, 2025 | Reflecting the resignation that has taken hold within the country, Venezuela’s slide into all-out dictatorship no longer features on the hemispheric agenda.

Oct. 1, 2025 | A meeting called by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth marked another troubling step in the ongoing politicization of the U.S. military.

Jan. 31, 2025 | Trump is taking the U.S. into full predatory mode, abandoning even paying lip service to the liberal international order. Should the world worry?

June 6, 2025 | With his counterinsurgency strategy only deepening Burkina Faso’s security crisis, Traore has turned to repressing anyone he views as a threat.

Oct. 6, 2025 | The Security Council may be setting up the new U.N. mission to Haiti for failure, just as it did to its predecessor.

Jan. 7, 2025 | Victory in the U.S.-China trade war will go to the side that is best at persuading other countries that its version of globalization is the most attractive.

March 19, 2025 | Two months into Trump’s second term, U.N. insiders admit that the new administration has done far more harm than they had expected.

Oct. 17, 2025 | Islamabad has been trying a novel approach to its longstanding economic woes: monetizing its military.

Jan. 22, 2025 | Arevalo could create a win-win scenario for the U.S. and Guatemala, but only if Trump avoids repeating his first-term mistakes.

Jan. 21, 2025 | Elites in the U.S. and China are seriously contemplating what a great power war may look like. That is itself alarming.