On June 4, Russia joined China in blocking a United Nations Security Council draft resolution that condemned the Sudanese military government’s killings of...
Humans have long sought the elixir of youth, so it is not surprising that even nonscientists closely follow the latest research into aging. But is what most...
The unprecedentedly large number of candidates - 25 at last count - for the Democratic nomination to take on U.S. President Donald Trump in 2020 has led to an...
A high-level launch event convened by United Nations Development Program under the auspices of the U.N. High-Level Political Forum is taking place Wednesday,...
The recent crackdowns on undocumented foreign labor in Lebanon which appear to target Syrian and Palestinian refugees are quite worrisome, as they raise...
Israel’s recent moves in the West Bank, which all aim at annexation, expropriation and evictions, have made the purpose of the Bahrain conference very clear.
Democratic candidates for president should get smart about America’s confrontation with Iran: Rather than seek only to restore the 2015 nuclear deal, they...
In dealing with North Korea’s Chairman Kim Jong Un, President Trump should remember that he is a snake handler, not a snake charmer. (The same advice applies...
Former Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin, now chair of Russia’s Accounts Chamber, has warned that the country risks an “explosion” of protests caused by...
When the G-20 leaders held their first summit in late 2008, many welcomed what looked like a diverse, highly representative new forum for crafting common...
Blaming manufacturing-job losses on low-wage foreign competition, or, increasingly, on automation has become a staple of populist politics in developed...
The best illustration of the incoherence of the administration’s strategy toward Iran came in a recent White House press release. “There is little doubt that...
The agonizing fact for Democrats this summer is that President Trump appears to be gaining ground on domestic and foreign policy, while his potential...
At the World Health Assembly in May, we made the case for why governments and United Nations agencies need to spend more on measures to prevent...
The only topic uniting right and left in the United States these days is “techlash”: everyone seems to agree that the time has come for federal regulation of...
It is more than 500 years since Sir Thomas More found inspiration for the “Kingdom of Utopia” while strolling the streets of Antwerp.
Those now hoping for an eventual trade deal between China and the United States should not hold their breath.
The strategic rivalry between the United States and China poses a sharp challenge to international organizations, which are now at risk of becoming mere pawns...
Gross domestic product has been the ultimate measure of an economy’s welfare for over 80 years.
Over nearly 40 years of economic reform, China has reaped extraordinary rewards from opening up to the world.
Is it culture or economics?
Even Russian President Vladimir Putin’s most loyal followers would have to admit, if only to themselves, that this year’s televised call-in program - an...
After decades of crafty political maneuvering and intimidation through force, Hezbollah not only became a dominant player but also along with its allies...
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has fined several firms for evading President Donald Trump’s tariffs on imports from China by rerouting them through...
Hong Kong is not Beijing. And July 1, 2019, is not June 4, 1989.
The past few months have witnessed intense discussions around the national budget that are still taking place until this moment.
You have lost your wallet.
The escalating rivalry between China and the United States is ushering in a bipolar world.
Although much derided by climate change deniers, not least U.S. President Donald Trump, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Green New Deal hits the nail on the head...