Last August, while preparing for the G-7 summit in Biarritz, French PresidentEmmanuel Macronopened the doors of his summer residence at Fort Brégançon to Russian PresidentVladimir Putin. Armed with a…

ISISis down but not out. InMarch 2019,U.S.-backed Kurdish and Arab forces captured the group’s last territorial stronghold in theMiddle East, the town of Baghuz in easternSyria. Seven months later,…

A crisis in Iraq has reached the gates of the U.S. embassy in Baghdad and presented a critical test of the administration’s resolve in confronting Iranian-orchestrated provocations. With Washington…

On January 2, Turkey’s parliament approved by a large majority a controversial bill that allows troops to be deployed to Libya in support of the Tripoli-based government in the country’s worsening…

It was only yesterday when the Arab states were mired in the prospects of a possible conflict with Turkey, as the motion to send troops to Libya was passed in the National Assembly in Ankara. But one…

How Dictatorships Work.Barbara Geddes,Joseph Wright,Erica Frantz.Cambridge University Press, 2018. 270pp. The world is in an illiberal phase. In recent years, dictators have strengthened their…

For the past week, Indians have flooded the streets in cities and towns across the country to protest a controversial new citizenship law. They have marched in droves despite the imposition of…

In recent years, a rising tide of women’s activism has swept across the world. Online and on the streets, millions of women have raised their voices and called for action against systemic abuse,…

As the dust settles on the UK parliamentary elections, American political analysts are seeking to draw lessons for the tumult ahead in Washington. Rival factions of the Democratic party are…

Partisan conflict over the impeachment of President Trump remains the central preoccupation of Washington and the American public discussion. House Speaker Pelosi, having passed two articles of…