As Venezuela’s crisis deepens, conservatives in the United States and elsewhere are gleefully pointing to the disaster of Chavismo to warn of the dangers of...
In 1971, world leaders as varied as Yugoslav President Josip Broz Tito, Prince Rainier and Princess Grace of Monaco, U.S. Vice President Spiro Agnew, and...
There is a subtle yet important change occurring in how political leaders think about international trade, including how to remedy long-standing problems.
Women’s critical role in saving the environment took a new twist when on Feb. 7, 2019, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-New York) introduced a new climate...
At long last, the idea of giving Lebanese couples the option of civil marriage - a move we fully and wholeheartedly support - is being discussed.
As we mark the passing of 14 years since Lebanon tragically lost one of its greatest statesmen in the most heinous manner, we can’t help but recognize that...
The left wing of the Democratic Party has been getting much of the media attention since the new Congress convened, overshadowing the rise of a group of young...
For over a decade now, we have witnessed more elections and, simultaneously, less democracy.
Dramatic changes have swept the world since British voters decided in 2016 to leave the European Union.
Earlier this month, academics at the American University in Cairo declared no confidence in the institution’s president, following his decision to grant U.S....
On Feb. 13, a bipartisan group of U.S. senators led by Republican Lindsey Graham and Democrat Robert Menendez introduced legislation aimed at holding Russia...
Around the world, ever more countries and regions are promising to stop emitting carbon dioxide sometime in the future. The European Union is winning plaudits...
Mainstream economics has a tendency to decide on some “established” conclusions, and then hold on to them, notwithstanding all evidence to the contrary.
As Chinese and American trade negotiators meet in Washington to try to forge an accord on trade, observers are largely focused on the countries’ economic...
The decision to postpone Nigeria’s presidential election, made just hours before polls were due to open, has raised fears about the integrity of the eventual...
Dear Minister Boustani, As a female environmental activist, it is good to see the role of the Energy Minister held by a female who has been following the...
On Jan. 27, Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir made a surprise visit to Cairo, where he praised Egypt’s support for “Sudanese stability” against widespread...
The nomination earlier this month of David Malpass, a senior U.S. Treasury Department official, for the post of World Bank president came as something of a...
Is there a way for the United States and its allies to remain in northeastern Syria, even after President Donald Trump’s pledged withdrawal of U.S. military...
The world has witnessed many sharp economic declines over the years, but Venezuela’s is surely one of the worst to date.
A 4-year-old girl recently came to the emergency room where I work as a resident doctor in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh. She was writhing in pain, her body...
Since Dec. 6, 2017, U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration has recognized occupied Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, closed the Palestinian mission in...
While oil-producing countries did not object, this time, to reducing carbon emissions by enhancing efficiency and introducing renewable and clean sources as a...
Europe is sleepwalking into oblivion, and the people of Europe need to wake up before it is too late. If they don’t, the European Union will go the way of the...
Around the world today, the central challenge for achieving inclusive economic prosperity is the creation of sufficient numbers of “good jobs.”
Invited by Google Europe to attend a brainstorming session in Paris on the decline of truth, the rise of fake news, and ways to counter both, I began my...
The Trump administration faces a test in Venezuela. It must pursue a foreign policy that helps usher out the odious regime of Nicolas Maduro without...
When I participated in the Chatham House/Daiwa Research Institute conference on the post-Brexit Japan-U.K. relationship in Tokyo last month, it was my first...
In 2017, life expectancy in the United States fell for the third successive year. The decline is occurring because an increase in the death rate for...