India’s 1975–1977 Emergency saw Prime Minister Indira Gandhi’s government suppressing free speech and arresting dissenters. My father was one victim, taken from my family for writing against the ...

Trump responded to a Pakistan-backed terrorist attack in India by avoiding any mention of Pakistan’s role. He then claimed credit for a ceasefire that India had already planned on its own terms. The ...

Early on in his papacy, both supporters and detractors called Pope Francis a liberal or even a socialist. Later, commentators called him..

German minority groups such as the Transylvanian Saxons and the Banat Swabians have a long, rich history in Romania. However, political strife as well as benefits elsewhere drove German cultural ...

As the world awaits the singularity — the moment when AI invites humans to retire from all productive activity other than promoting AI itself — an ex-CEO of the monopoly known as Google informs us ...

In a striking political development over the past two months, the Iraqi government has initiated steps to formally integrate the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) into the national army structure.

Former Uruguayan President José Mujica died on May 13 at age 89. His life reminds people that modesty, democracy and integrity can still shape politics in an age of spectacle and cynicism. His example ...

Today’s horrific moment should, in fact, be considered — to return to that word of mine one last time — a true perversification of past misdeeds, made all too possible by a failure in the ...

As a Chinese economist, I generally do not comment on other countries’ internal affairs, especially political ones. However, from an economic perspective, the tariff war initiated by US President ...

At the end of the former’s administration, US President Joe Biden and then-President-Elect Donald Trump worked together to end the Israel–Hezbollah war in Lebanon, setting the country on a path toward ...

Yet what stands out most is America’s profound misunderstanding of Chinese history. The US failed to grasp how deeply China’s historical self-conception informs its modern trajectory. This was not ...

China is building the world’s biggest dam on the Brahmaputra River to boost its power and sway in South Asia.