
As digital surveillance abuse challenges national security, what can national and foreign governments do to curb this breach of privacy?

Russian history is a controversial and hotly debated subject, both at home and abroad. Distilling its lessons is difficult, but worthwhile, as many themes from Russia’s past are likely to endure well into its post-Putin future.

As protesters continue to call for civilian rule, the army has a number of options available, from withdrawing from politics to cracking down.

Last week, Britain impounded an Iranian oil tanker in Gibraltar, claiming that the vessel was carrying oil to Syria in violation of the European Union’s sanctions.

Burgeoning literature uses digital tools such as email to experimentally evaluate the responsiveness of political elites to requests for constituency service.

A great deal is expected from the first budget of any government. The expectations are even greater from a government that has come back to power with an improved tally.

Relations between the U.S. and the EU are at an all-time low. European Commission President nominee Ursula Von der Leyen’s background makes her uniquely qualified to rise to the challenge posed by Trump.

The Indian budget is such a big deal because it combines the exercise of many powers. Among them, the power to run deficits is special.

Calling an election once Brexit has happened would offer a huge advantage for Boris Johnson. Taking on a possibly revived Labour party would be more fruitful than going up against Nigel Farage.

Washington has only increased tensions with Tehran and cut off possible avenues for deescalation without achieving any of its goals.

By leading a new diplomatic effort to end the conflict and begin reconstruction, Trump could both extricate the U.S. from the conflict and help stabilize the region.

An important task for the Narendra Modi government in its second term will be to improve the ease of doing business on two counts—contract enforcement and property registration.

The messages Trump is sending make negotiations with Tehran less and less likely and increase the chance of another ruinous war of choice in the Middle East.

In the current climate, the U.S.-Russian relationship is likely to stay stuck regardless of any grand gestures aimed at turning Putin into President Trump’s “new best friend.”

The global debate about 5G has usually taken for granted that America is almost absent from the scene. Yet America’s pullback is more of an appearance than a reality.

The landslide victory of Ekrem Imamoglu in the Istanbul elections constitutes a threat to Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s hegemony.

The current escalation between the United States and Iran bears similarities to the run-up to the 2003 Iraq invasion. Yet while the danger of military confrontation is real, there are also important differences.

When and if Tehran is ready to talk, the differences between Trump and Khamenei present further obstacles.

The Trump administration has conveyed no clear or realistic goals that would be served by the use of military force against Iran.

Today, the U.S.-Russian relationship is at the lowest point since before the Cold War ended and the best we can hope for is that it will not get even worse.