Though the United States has long led the world in advancing basic science and technology, it is hard to see how this can continue under President Donald Trump and the country’s ascendant oligarchy.

From Ireland to Palestine, the 20th century’s partitions promised stability but delivered bloodshed, animosity, and ethnic cleansing. A new book traces how the breakup of the British Indian Empire ...

Fear of being left behind economically and socially proved to be potent fuel for the far-right Alternative für Deutschland, which for the first time won more votes than the Social Democrats in a ...

While Donald Trump's use of the presidency to enrich himself is unprecedented in American history, it does have analogues in Russia and other former communist countries. In fact, by appointing ...

With the right political reforms, democracies can become more inclusive, more responsive to citizens, and less responsive to the corporations and rich individuals who currently hold the purse strings.

In the coming months, President Donald Trump could withdraw the United States from the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank or slash their funding. But such a move would disproportionately ...

Europe’s political leaders, having pledged to boost defense spending and support Ukraine in its war against Russia, must now confront the painful budgetary trade-offs required to fund these ...

Donald Trump’s crusade to eradicate antisemitism at elite US universities is nothing more than an excuse to attack the academy’s leftists and liberals. The only upside is that, out of ...

Reading like it was dictated by the Kremlin, the Trump administration’s latest “peace” plan for Ukraine would have dire implications not only for that country, but also for Europe and the rest of the ...

When Americans and Europeans talk about globalization, they are not talking only about trade volumes or manufacturing job losses, but also about institutions, social resilience, and political ...

Heading into the fall, Russia’s financial reserves are running out, its energy revenues are declining, and there are increasingly severe shortages of labor and imported technology. Slowly but surely, ...

Invoking national security and the economic rivalry with China, the Trump administration is pursuing legally dubious interventions and control of private industry, with potentially high costs for US ...