Almost 2,000 journalists descended onHamburglast week to witness a spectacle not seen since 1971: an open competition for the leadership of Germany’s most successful political party. The 1,001…

A few days after Israel launched an open-ended operation “Northern Shield” to expose and thwart tunnels built by Hezbollah aimed at infiltrating Israel, The United Nations Security Council decided to…

In August, former Indian Prime MinisterAtal Bihari Vajpayeedied at the age of 93. India’s first prime minister from theBharatiya Janata Party(BJP), Vajpayee is often held up as an exemplar of…

TheEuropean Unionhas always struggled to accommodate the democratic politics of its members. The problem became serious in 1999, with the creation of a currency union without an accompanying…

No one who ever assumed the presidency was more prepared for the job than George H.W. Bush.He had been the head of our mission to China, ambassador to the United Nations, Director of the Central…

Recent events in theBlack Seahave thrust Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war inUkraine back into the international headlines, but for ordinary Ukrainians, it never went away. Over the past four…

George H. W. Bushentered the presidency better prepared to lead the United States’ relations with the world than anyU.S.president before or since. LikeRichard Nixon, Bush had served inCongressand as…

Pity Libyans for the pageantry of their international summits. Over the years, at palaces, resorts, and hotels across several continents, the country’s factional leaders have met, shepherded by…

While American media criticism and political challenges to Saudi Arabia have continued in recent weeks, a countervailing trend has also emerged: In the wake of the Khashoggi killing, a variety of…

Illustration by Ali Almandalawi Abizaid was born on April 1, 1951 in Redwood City, California. He is a descendent of a family of Lebanese Catholic…