As the fortieth anniversary of the Iranian revolution approached, American media and policymakers reflected on the continuing enmity between the U.S. and Tehran’s rulers. National Public Radio,…

With the vast, ambitious investment project known as the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI),China intended to pull the world closer and make itself the political and economic center of gravity for more…

Tensions between Iran and its Western opponents sharpened over the past week,between Iranian saber-rattling on the one hand and growing coordination among Western powers against Tehran on the other…

Last week, the young Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó declared himself interim president, claiming that the country’s current president,Nicolás Maduro, had forfeited his right to rule by…

It took the Lebanese prime minister nine months to form a government. The period was filled with challenges that cast a dark shade over Lebanon and its people. And now that the government has been…

OnDecember 1, Canadian police, acting at the request ofU.S.authorities, arrested Huawei Chief Financial OfficerMeng Wanzhouduring a layover inVancouver. A judge inNew Yorkhad issued a warrant for…

OnJanuary 23, Venezuela’s opposition-ledNational Assemblyshocked the world. It declared the country’s president,Nicolás Maduro, illegitimate, pronounced his office vacant, and proceeded to swear…

This month marks the 40th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic relations betweenChinaandthe United Statesand the start of China’s “reform and opening up.” In the late 1970s,Chinawas still…

Johnny Rotten launched himself to stardom by walking up and down the King’s Road in Chelsea, spitting at people. “I did it because they were stupid.” ‘The Guardian,’ 3 December 1976 One…

Nature abhors a vacuum. So does the world of power politics. It should come as no surprise that after President Trump declared he would be withdrawing US forces from Syria, the rush to fill the…