
The floods in Yemen have ravaged one of the world's oldest cities, but what underlies the catastrophe is largely man-made.

Turkey’s misguided economic policies and slide toward autocracy have exacerbated the country’s relationship with the West. Meanwhile, Ankara’s bipolar foreign policy largely escapes Western leaders and analysts.

Women are increasingly joining the male-dominated world of smuggling. Could this be the start of a cultural revolution that challenges long-held gender norms?

The response to Lebanon’s protest movement in Zahleh showed sympathy, but within a conservative framework.

Political violence in democracies often seems spontaneous: an angry mob launching a pogrom, a lone shooter assassinating a president. But in fact, the crisis has usually been building for years, and the risk factors are well known. The United States is now walking the last steps on that path.

It is no secret that Beijing and Washington have become increasingly embittered. Here is how China became a victim of its own economic success—and why it is in the United States’ best interests to mend the relationship.

The rapidly eroding trust between the UK and the EU casts a dark shadow over the future of European foreign policy cooperation. But as the eventful summer of 2020 has shown, that cooperation is much needed.

India can play a larger role on the world stage, but it must first restore its economic momentum and liberal credentials.

As the old order in the Arab world collapses, the region needs governance that can resolve its crises and harness its potential.

The greatest obstacle to countering Russia’s hard-edged foreign policy has been the West’s incoherent response.