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A Ukrainian service member casts his ballot at a polling station during Ukraine's parliamentary election in Kyiv on July 21, 2019.
A Ukrainian service member casts his ballot at a polling station during Ukraine's parliamentary election in Kyiv on July 21, 2019.

Ukraine Is Already Working on Its Next Election

The challenges of holding a vote in wartime are both small and big—and often unexpected.

Pedestrians walk past an wall painting depicting a map of Crimean peninsula bearing the colours of Russia's national flag  in Moscow, on March 31, 2014.
Pedestrians walk past an wall painting depicting a map of Crimean peninsula bearing the colours of Russia's national flag in Moscow, on March 31, 2014.

Russia’s Crimean Red Line Has Been Erased

Claims about the territory’s spiritual status have been revealed to be fiction.

Ibrahim Traore, Burkina Faso's coup leader, arrives at the ceremony for the 35th anniversary of Thomas Sankara's assassination, in Ouagadougou, on Oct. 15, 2022. OLYMPIA DE MAISMONT/AFP via Getty Images
Ibrahim Traore, Burkina Faso's coup leader, arrives at the ceremony for the 35th anniversary of Thomas Sankara's assassination, in Ouagadougou, on Oct. 15, 2022. OLYMPIA DE MAISMONT/AFP via Getty Images

Will Intervention Stabilize the Sahel?

As coups spread across the region, insecurity is growing—and international military involvement could make it worse.

Residents evacuate Haiti.
Residents evacuate Haiti.

U.N. Approves Foreign Intervention in Haiti

The 12-month mandate will aim to combat gang violence by providing additional security and stopping global arms sales.

Alternative for Germany member Maximilian Krah gestures during an interview in Magdeburg, Germany.
Alternative for Germany member Maximilian Krah gestures during an interview in Magdeburg, Germany.

China Finds Friends in Europe’s Far Right

A German politician’s ties to a Chinese influence network are part of a pattern across Central and Eastern Europe.

People use a sled over a frozen river at the Harbin Sun Island International Snow Sculpture Art Expo in Harbin, in northeastern China, on Jan. 4.
People use a sled over a frozen river at the Harbin Sun Island International Snow Sculpture Art Expo in Harbin, in northeastern China, on Jan. 4.

China’s United Front Operations Are Ubiquitous—at Home

One department now oversees everything from religion to winter sports to influence operations.

China's foreign minister, Wang Yi, attends a press conference at Media Center in Beijing, China.
China's foreign minister, Wang Yi, attends a press conference at Media Center in Beijing, China.

China’s Foreign Minister Is Headed to Washington

The Biden administration has been laying the groundwork for a big meeting with Xi Jinping.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky walks with U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries as he arrives for a meeting with U.S. representatives at the Capitol in Washington.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky walks with U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries as he arrives for a meeting with U.S. representatives at the Capitol in Washington.

U.S. Budget Deal Has Europe Questioning American Resolve on Ukraine

If U.S. military aid falls short, more Ukrainians will die, officials in Kyiv say.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken shakes hands with Roman Voskoboynikov, who is originally from Ukraine, after a U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services naturalization ceremony inside the Robert N.C. Nix Federal Courthouse in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken shakes hands with Roman Voskoboynikov, who is originally from Ukraine, after a U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services naturalization ceremony inside the Robert N.C. Nix Federal Courthouse in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

The Biden Administration Is Addicted to Partnerships

The inauspicious return of the Cold War strategy of “Pactomania.”

European Union chief Josep Borrell and Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba attend a press conference.
European Union chief Josep Borrell and Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba attend a press conference.

EU Foreign Ministers Make Historic Kyiv Trip

The visit aimed to counter fracturing Western support for Ukraine.

U.S. President Joe Biden reacts during a meeting on the "Build Back Better World" during the World Leaders Summit of the COP26 U.N. climate change conference in Glasgow, Scotland, on Nov. 2, 2021.
U.S. President Joe Biden reacts during a meeting on the "Build Back Better World" during the World Leaders Summit of the COP26 U.N. climate change conference in Glasgow, Scotland, on Nov. 2, 2021.

Biden’s Signature Achievement Needs to Go Global

The Inflation Reduction Act is Washington’s boldest climate policy ever—but still woefully insufficient.

Markus Soeder, Governor of Bavaria and lead candidate of the Bavarian Social Union (CSU), attends the annual gathering of politicians in beer tents at the Gillamoos folk fest on September 3, 2018 in Abensberg, Germany.
Markus Soeder, Governor of Bavaria and lead candidate of the Bavarian Social Union (CSU), attends the annual gathering of politicians in beer tents at the Gillamoos folk fest on September 3, 2018 in Abensberg, Germany.

The Land of Lederhosen, Beer, and Political Chaos

Bavaria is Germany’s stereotypical idyll—and now a herald of its future turmoil.

A collage of Chinese President Xi Jinping, the CCP Party Congress, and academia and industry.
A collage of Chinese President Xi Jinping, the CCP Party Congress, and academia and industry.

Will China’s Elite Ever Rise Up?

Inside the world of China’s richest players.

A woman is silhouetted as she walks down stairs past a communist-era stained glass panel in Berlin on April 26, 2019. The early-1960s work depicts images of industry, technology, agriculture, the military, youth, family, and the working class common in socialist art of the communist bloc.
A woman is silhouetted as she walks down stairs past a communist-era stained glass panel in Berlin on April 26, 2019. The early-1960s work depicts images of industry, technology, agriculture, the military, youth, family, and the working class common in socialist art of the communist bloc.

A Tale of Two Germanies

Thirty-three years after reunification, the country’s wounds are rawer than many would like to admit.

Members of the GIL (Italian Youth of the Lictor) help farmers during the wheat threshing in Italy.
Members of the GIL (Italian Youth of the Lictor) help farmers during the wheat threshing in Italy.

The Great Turn Inward

A new book argues countries are de-globalizing yet again. But was there ever such a thing as globalism to begin with?

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