Diplomacy & Politics Archive

Under a second Trump administration, democracy would be a non-issue abroad and in grave danger at home.

Georgia’s contested elections may have been the last gasp for Tbilisi’s EU accession efforts. That’s a major victory for Russia.

Egypt’s future has become tied to events in the Horn of Africa. Unfortunately for Cairo, it has few cards to play there.

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres caught flak for meeting Vladimir Putin at this year’s BRICS summit. He would have if he didn’t, too.

The U.K.’s Labour government’s first budget since returning to power shows seriousness in terms of policy. But politically, it’s risky.

The U.S. media landscape has fractured into separate partisan spaces that disagree over basic facts and constitutional norms.

French President Emmanuel Macron is on a three-day state visit to Morocco, sealing a rapprochement between the two sides.

There is no free trade candidate running in the U.S. election. But Trump and Harris use protectionism for very different goals.

The stakes for Central America in the U.S. presidential election are high. And the contrast between Trump’s and Harris’ likely policies is striking.

Japan’s long dominant party lost its majority for the first time in 15 years, while Georgia’s vote could set the country on course for crisis.

A year ago, Hezbollah opened a “support front” against Israel. Now, it’s fighting an escalating war without a face-saving off-ramp.

Brazil’s president doesn’t want BRICS to simply be a diplomatic tool for China and Russia. Last week’s summit was a victory on that front.

A pact to wind down India and China’s military standoff along their disputed border removes an obstacle that had hampered bilateral relations for years.

If he wins the U.S. election, Donald Trump will try to return U.S. trade policy to the 1800s. A lot has changed in the world since then.

Ghana is lauded in the West for its stable democracy. But under the surface, fragility is threatening the country’s democratic foundations.

Indonesia’s new president has a past littered with human rights abuses. That bodes poorly for his presidency.

A number of EU countries are interested in replicating Italy’s new migration agreement with Albania. They shouldn’t be.