The president-elect knows only too well the failures of all the presidents who preceded him, and the hardening of positions that's occurred on both sides.

The United States came up with “maximum pressure”—but the Israeli government is the only one carrying it out.

The pandemic is exacerbating a decline of democracy across sub-Saharan Africa. To combat the trend, the United States and other partners should commit to the painstaking work of bolstering democratic…