September 23, 2019
ArgentinaWith elections approaching, Argentina faces yet another debt crisis.
July 9, 2019
ChinaUnder President Xi Jinping, China is pressing the United Nations’ human rights body to favor national sovereignty and development over calling out domestic rights abuses.
July 3, 2019
United StatesA look at the post-9/11 war powers law that the Trump administration could use to justify conflict with Iran.
May 17, 2019
European UnionPopulist parties are looking to make big gains in European Parliament elections. That could disrupt EU policy on issues from trade to migration.
April 18, 2019
IndonesiaWith another five-year term, President Joko Widodo will possibly revive economic reform efforts and could take a more skeptical view toward China.
February 8, 2019
NigeriaThe Giant of Africa’s next president will have to contend with daunting security and economic challenges.
October 18, 2018
ItalyItaly’s populist government has relished defying the European Union, and its latest showdown with Brussels could threaten the continent’s fragile recovery—and the global economy.
November 29, 2018
RussiaThe United States and Russia are at odds on so many issues that the upcoming summit could convince their two presidents to give up on better relations and accept estrangement.
September 21, 2018
HungaryThe European Parliament’s vote to reprimand Hungary over its growing authoritarianism has tested the EU’s readiness to stand up to illiberalism within the bloc.
August 16, 2018
GermanyPresident Trump has targeted Germany over its supposed dependence on Russian natural gas, and the proposed Nord Stream 2 is dividing the EU. What’s in store for Europe’s pipeline politics?