Foreign Policy

Even the best-intentioned cryptocurrencies can become scams.

Ageism has colored the response to COVID-19 and is setting everyone up for a more difficult economic recovery.

The U.S. president has already halted some arms sales to the Gulf. How he handles the rest will be a bellwether for progressives’ sway over his foreign policy.

The African Continental Free Trade Area is already running up against the hard realities of the continent’s endemic trade barriers.

The administration is moving quickly to reassert U.S. leadership but needs Beijing’s support for major initiatives.

The new president wants his strategy to seem reassuring. It’s anything but.

The 1994 Ethiopian Constitution celebrated self-determination, but it laid the groundwork for today’s violence. Devolution could offer a way out.

Myanmar’s generals have proven they can survive sanctions. But sustained public pressure may be harder to endure.

Led by student activists, the new civil-disobedience movement draws on the experience of older generations—but its methods and demands are a radical break with the past.

The World Health Organization team that spent weeks in Wuhan ended up giving Chinese authorities a propaganda victory.

The State Department sides with President Jovenel Moïse on when his term should end.

The acquittal of Daniel Pearl’s abductors came at the worst possible time.

Biden’s nominee to be U.S. trade representative is admired on both sides of the aisle, but she faces some of the toughest conditions ever when it comes to winning over the rest of the world.

Just-banned app Clubhouse offered a rare chance to mess around freely online.

Conservative decisions and an aging leadership don’t bode well.

A deluge of online conspiracy theories is dividing an already polarized country.

Some policies may be worth keeping, but Trump’s handling of allies and withdrawals from conflict zones are not among them.

After declaring an end to U.S. support for the Saudi-led offensive, there is more the president can do.

Patrick Henry College’s focus on governance gives it a unique place among right-wing Christian schools.

The Russian leader is contemplating his mortality—as are his backers.