China is becoming the country that provides the goods and services that are part of people’s daily lives. The omnipresence of Chinese products is expanding the country’s influence in ways Beijing ...

After months of war and intense interference in domestic Ukrainian affairs, Moscow signed a series of cease-fire agreements in the Belarusian capital of Minsk in September 2014 and February 2015.

They remain far apart on core disputes, including those related to Iran’s nuclear program, the Strait of Hormuz, and sanctions relief. As a result, many analysts are skeptical that the parties can ...

But amid this upheaval, Senegal remains a democracy in which strong institutions mostly govern capably. The country possesses skilled civil servants with track records of transparent, efficient fiscal ...

The conflict in Ukraine, now in its fifth year, has provided extraordinary lessons about the future of war. The enormous impact of cheap, remotely piloted unmanned systems—on the ground, in the air, ...

Whenever the Iran war comes to an end, the Islamic Republic is likely to emerge in a stronger position. Should the terms of a June memorandum of understanding be met, Western governments would lift ...

At the G-7 summit in June, the global media eagerly gathered to hear U.S. President Donald Trump provide details about his administration’s latest agreement with Iran. But Trump insisted on returning ...

The 2026 documents increase the party’s direct role in managing the country’s affairs while also embracing the private sector and sidelining state-owned enterprises. Vietnam’s leaders are betting that ...

For over a decade, U.S. President Donald Trump has accused Washington’s European allies of free-riding on American security guarantees. He has been criticizing NATO members that do not pay “their fair ...

ROBERT KAGAN is Stephen and Barbara Friedman Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution and a contributing columnist for The Washington Post. During the Reagan administration, he served in several ...

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