Moscow’s failures will resound beyond the Middle East. Whether the result of Putin’s conscious decision not to intervene or ...

Ms. McKay is a war and humanitarian-focused international correspondent and author of 'Only Cry for the Living: Memos from ...

The first component of wisdom is a precise assessment of the balance of power. It is indispensable in war, revolution, or a coup d’état. The balance of power is an almost inescapable consideration ...

At Moscow’s central Taganskaya metro station, commuters stream past a newly-restored monument to a former ruler whose reputation is undergoing a dramatic revision in Russia: Joseph Stalin.

The time for fragmented fixes is over. If Europe is to regain control of its migration policy, it must first regain clarity ...

Second round of Trump-Putin engagement incorporates elements of strategic deterrence but has failed to resolve the conflict.

It is possible that fear lurks behind these words. Fear of open competition, in which conditions a 70-year-old ruler has very ...

While they are impossible to measure, emotions such as liking or hatred, admiration or contempt—the quotidian stuff of human relations—play a crucial part in making and unmaking alliances. Personal ...

Reactions in Ukraine to the new rhetoric in Washington have thus been mixed. Ukrainian commentators recognize that Trump is ...

It’s true that Bashar Assad left the presidential palace on the evening of Saturday, December 7, 2024, and Ahmed al-Sharaa entered it the next day without a single bullet being fired in the capital.

In a world where political change is often the mantra, a select group of leaders have managed to hold onto power for not just ...

Von der Leyen and Costa attend a brief visit to a summit in Beijing to celebrate 50 years of diplomatic relations. Gradually, ...