“It was a horrible time,” recounts one Romanian gynecologist, referring to the period between 1966 and 1990, when abortion and contraception were completely...
Not content with its trade war against China, U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration has also opened bilateral trade negotiations with Japan.
Donald Tusk’s term as president of the European Council will end on Nov. 30, which is perfect timing for the Polish opposition.
“Museums as cultural hubs”: This was the 2019 slogan for International Museum Day as initiated by the International Council of Museums.
“I’ve known Trump’s a bully for a long time.
The Arab world seems to have been destined to suffer. Going back over seven decades, since the Nakba in 1948, it seems every evil has befallen countries of...
President Donald Trump has styled himself in foreign policy as the Great Disrupter. And for a time, this unpredictable approach served him reasonably well.
Behind the admission by a former CIA officer that he plotted to spy for China lies an astonishing tale of Beijing’s espionage against America - and the...
McDonald’s. Costco. IKEA. Each of these corporate titans enjoys an enormous customer base.
President Donald Trump has seemed largely uninterested in foreign policy.
The eurozone country that has become synonymous with insolvency is today proving to be a treasure trove for some.
Human suffering caused by war is not a new phenomenon. And while our highest priority remains the prevention of war, evolving patterns of armed violence are...
In any tense military confrontation, diplomats start looking for an “off ramp” that could de-escalate tensions. But in the current standoff between the United...
Earlier this month, the U.K. Parliament declared that the planet is facing a “climate emergency,” making the United Kingdom the first country to do so after...
The budget law, more commonly known as the budget, has a twofold function of determining and authorizing the revenues and the annual public expenditures
To live in dignity, free from want, is a fundamental human right.
Having watched popular protests, from the color revolutions in the former Soviet Union to the Arab Spring, challenge their counterparts’ power, the world’s...
National politics in the United States has become enslaved to macroeconomic indicators that have little bearing on true well-being.
In recent years, images of young Africans attempting to reach Europe, sometimes through the most daring and desperate routes, have become a fixture on global...
The European Union’s great eastward expansion in 2004 was a moment for hope and optimism.
Yemen is one of the world’s poorest countries.
As Australia heads toward a federal election on May 18, the national debate on cutting carbon dioxide emissions is heating up.
Over a century after its construction, the Peace Palace in The Hague - home to the International Court of Justice, the Permanent Court of Arbitration, The...
U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration has shown little interest in public diplomacy. And yet public diplomacy - a government’s efforts to communicate...
Since the massive mobilization effort that preceded the 2009 Conference of the Parties (COP15) in Copenhagen, the world has begun translating words and...
Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power once called genocidal wars “a problem from hell.” As U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration...
Much has been written about the consequences of China’s Belt and Road Initiative, especially for the developing countries of Asia.
The International Criminal Court has come under withering criticism from the first four presidents of its oversight body, the 123-member Assembly of States...
Indonesia, home to 264 million people, is the world’s fourth-most populous country.