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A Donald Trump presidency would be a catastrophe for NATO and the West. Aside from threatening to withdraw the United States from the North American Free...

The peace agreement with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) reached this month by the country’s government has received much-deserved...

In the two months since Britain voted to leave the European Union, its government has done little to clarify where this project is going. It would be wrong...

The most frightening periods in history have often been interregnums – moments between the death of one king and the rise of the next. Disorder, war, and...

Since Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte took office in late June and declared a “war on drugs,” more than 1,900 people have been killed – 756 by...

Over the last 25 years, thanks partly to a coordinated global effort to fight infectious diseases, including malaria, tuberculosis (TB), HIV/AIDS, and...

Over the last 20 years, Amazon has taught us to buy everything on the web. At least in urban areas like mine, we are close to realising the dream of a...

As the existing international order becomes more fragmented, strong global-governance institutions are crucial for addressing the world’s strategic,...

Little more than two months from America’s presidential election, Hillary Clinton leads Donald Trump by five points in opinion polls, nationally and in...

As Bob Dylan famously alluded, The Times They Are A- Changin’. The one political party in Pakistan — Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) — that was long...