With the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall approaching, the issue of freedom has returned to the fore in Moscow and Hong Kong, albeit under very...
The long-running tragicomedy of the United Kingdom’s relationship with the European Union is, at long last, approaching its climax.
When I was a bright-eyed eighth grader in my native Sri Lanka, I couldn’t wait for my first sex education class. In our early teens, my classmates and I were...
If China’s engagement with Gulf countries has gathered much attention from Middle Eastern policy circles over the last five years, another parallel...
The two-state solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict has suffered blow after blow over the years.
As Lebanese political leaders kick off their mission to rescue the economy with a conference called for by President Michel Aoun, the one indisputable fact is...
Six weeks ago, Turkey was threatening to invade the Kurdish region of northeast Syria.
Every president since Jimmy Carter has dreamed of signing a peace agreement at Camp David.
Before the G-7 summit in Biarritz, France, this month, it was a toss-up whether the greater disruption would come from U.S. President Donald Trump or British...
or decades, Hezbollah has threatened the stability and security of Lebanon and the region by perpetrating terrorism against innocent civilians, needlessly...
Recession fears are gripping Europe and spreading globally.
The African Continental Free Trade Area, launched at the 12th Extraordinary Summit of African Union Heads of State and Government in July 2019, is the largest...
The Business Roundtable, an association of the most powerful chief executive officers in America, announced this month that the era of shareholder primacy is...
The Swedish climate truthsayer Greta Thunberg has set sail for the United States in a zero-emissions racing yacht to generate waves in a different part of the...
Ever since Boris Johnson moved into 10 Downing Street vowing to renegotiate the United Kingdom’s withdrawal agreement with the European Union, the...
The world is experiencing the highest levels of forced migration on record. Conflict, natural disasters, and other emergencies have driven more than 70...
It’s only a matter of time until the escalating tensions between China and the United States prompt many more economists to warn of an impending global...
Despite ongoing peace negotiations between the United States and the Taliban, the bloody conflict in Afghanistan continues to take a heavy toll on the...
Over the last 75 years, since the establishment of the U.N. in 1945 and the end of World War II, hate speech has been the cause of many crises, killings,...
Last July, ambassadors from 50 countries to the United Nations Office at Geneva have co-signed a letter to the president of the U.N. Human Rights Council and...
In the late 1970s and early 1980s, prominent international relations experts such as the late French political philosopher Pierre Hassner argued that the...
Middle Eastern leaders seem to be in a race to gain favor with China.
Relations between Turkey and the West are clearly going through an extremely delicate phase.
Recently I watched “The Man Who Was Too Free,” a moving documentary about the Russian dissident politician Boris Nemtsov, who was gunned down in front of the...
The International Seabed Authority sits perched above the concrete boardwalk of Jamaica’s Kingston Harbor, across the bay from the spot where “Calico Jack”...
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi likes to practice what American generals call “shock and awe.”
What is a failed state?
Although the effects of climate change are becoming increasingly apparent, the progress toward reducing greenhouse gas emissions remains as disappointing as...
Decision-making based on evidence rather than superstition was a driving force behind the Industrial Revolution, and the collection of statistics has,...