Georgia was once a beacon of democracy in the South Caucasus, but today it is backsliding toward authoritarianism and headed back into Russia's sphere of influence. 

Countries in Africa have some of the harshest and most discriminatory LGBTQ+ policies in the world. But some governments are taking hopeful steps toward inclusion.

Allies in Europe and the Asia-Pacific will be the beneficiaries of an overdue strategic realignment.

Europeans consider vast U.S. subsidies for cars, clean energy, and semiconductors a danger to their economies.