List of Politics articles
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Chinese President Xi Jinping, wearing a dark overcoat, points and smiles as U.S. President Donald Trump talks to him. Behind them is a red carpet and flowers. Why China Is Rooting for Trump
Beijing’s long game would be much better served by the candidate’s policies and the divisions he would unleash.
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Benjamin Netanyahu stands between two Israeli flags in front of a microphone wearing a black suit with an Israel flag pin, blue shirt and red tie. Is Netanyahu Cornered?
Israel’s longest-serving prime minister faces the test of his political life.
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A weathered U.S. flag drapes across the green-painted railing of a front porch in South Carolina. Flat sheets of plywood are also propped against the railing, and a motorcycle stands in the patchy grass of the yard in front of the porch. Americans Need Domestic Unity for Effective Foreign Policy
U.S. opponents are working to worsen polarization.
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Banners for former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif hang above a street in Lahore, Pakistan, on Feb. 4. The Military Is Still Pulling the Strings in Pakistan’s Elections
With opposition leader Imran Khan behind bars, the Feb. 8 vote offers little hope for near-term stability.
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The shells of burned cars are seen in front of the separation wall on the Palestinian side of the divided neighborhood of Abu Dis, Jerusalem. The Two-State Solution Is a Recipe for Carnage
Washington’s favorite prescription for Israeli-Palestinian peace risks unleashing a wave of interethnic violence unseen since the partition of India and Pakistan.
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The Mona Lisa is pictured in a gilded frame, with a crowd before the painting. What in the World?
Test yourself on the week of Jan. 27: The EU agrees to a Ukraine aid package, China Evergrande is ordered to liquidate, and Imran Khan’s legal troubles continue.
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An activist prepares a balloon painted to look like planet Earth and decorated with orange hair and eyebrows in the likeness of U.S. President Donald Trump during a climate protest prior to a meeting of European Union leaders at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany. How a Second Trump Term Will Redefine Foreign Aid
A Heritage Foundation report offers a roadmap of sweeping changes.
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Turkish lawmakers attend a session before voting on a bill regarding Sweden’s accession to NATO. In Turkey, Atlanticism Does Not Mean Liberalism
Ankara finally ratified Stockholm’s NATO accession, but it must still find a democratic resolution to the Kurdish question.
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A crowd of people wave Palestinian flags under a dim sky at dusk as they gather around a statue of late South African President Nelson Mandela with his fist raised in the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah. What South Africa Really Won at the ICJ
For much of the world, Pretoria has restored its reputation as a moral beacon—at America’s expense.
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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen speaks to journalists at the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland. How Europe Can Prepare for a Second Trump Term—Now
The continent must bolster its own defense capabilities before an isolationist ringleader returns to the White House.
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Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi shakes hands with Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud as the two man stand in front of a set of risers before a photo op at a diplomatic event hosted in an ornately decorated room in Beijing. How China Is Leveraging the Israel-Hamas War
The growing divide between Washington and the global south is playing out in Beijing’s favor.
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Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a special session to vote on a new government at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on June 13, 2021. Netanyahu Is a Failure—and Israel’s Next Winner
How Israel’s prime minister could still get rewarded at the ballot box.
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Confetti falls as Taiwanese President-elect Lai Ching-te speaks to supporters at a victory rally in Taipei. What Taiwan’s Election Means for Geopolitics
Will it reshape cross-strait relations?
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Two Turkish members of the opposition People's Equality and Democracy Party sit in the audience of a parliamentary meeting, facing back to the camera to hold up signs reading "No to NATO, Occupation, War" in the Grand National Assembly of Turkey. Why Turkey Took Its Time on Sweden
NATO is one of the few venues where Ankara can exert pressure on Western peers.
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Labour leader Keir Starmer arrives at Wakefield College for talks with teachers and parents ahead of schoolchildren receiving their A level results on August 12, 2020 in Wakefield, England. Britain Is on the Verge of a Big Global Comeback
What an election victory for Keir Starmer’s Labour could mean for his country’s international influence.
