The mysterious British street artist Banksy, known for his political or social-commentary graffiti that has popped up in cities around the world, made a powerful statement by funding a migrant boat…

One day ahead of French President Emmanuel Macron’s visit to Lebanon, a new Prime Minister was designated to form a new government, which is supposed to deal with the most challenging time for…

France has drawn up a draft roadmap for Lebanon’s next government, after President Emmanuel Macron told Lebanese politicians on a visit to Beirut that they had to implement reforms swiftly or…

Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, who is in intensive care in a Berlin hospital, was poisoned with a Soviet-style Novichok nerve agent in an attempt to murder him, German Chancellor Angela Merkel has…

An extraordinary wave of protest has sweptBelarussince its presidential election onAugust 9. The incumbent president,Aleksandr Lukashenko, claimed to have won reelection with 80.1 percent of the vote…

Europehas been a geopolitical nonentity since the 1990s. With the largest economy in the world, 450 million people, and defense spending comparable toRussia's, the continent could be a colossus…

This week, US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, kicked off a diplomatic tour across the Middle East, as he hopes to establish further normalized relations between Israel and the Arab states. This trip…

The United Stateshas long made containingIrana focus of its efforts in theMiddle East, from troop deployments to diplomatic dealmaking. But so far, containment has largely failed. Since 2018, the…

President Trump last week redoubled his plan to withdraw all U.S. troops from Iraq “shortly” during a meeting with the county’s new prime minister. “We were there, and now we’re getting out. We’ll be…

When the coronavirus pandemic hit, the reactions of populist leaders in democratic countries such asthe United States,Hungary, andBrazilwere predictable. In their trademark style, the populists…