If Westerners are shocked at political developments in Tunisia, it’s because they described it as a straightforward success for too long. 

Myanmar’s coup is a disaster for Myanmar, but it also is a signifier of the continuing regression of democracy region-wide in Southeast Asia. The region, which once had made significant progress towa…

The international politics of 2020 bear unnerving resemblance to the conditions that precipitated World War II.

TWE’s annual essay about the United States’ commanders-in-chief.

While the United States has turned inward, focusing primarily on domestic challenges, history has not stopped.