The region’s fast-growing but fragile democracies have been susceptible to strongmen and autocratic-leaning populists in recent years, propelled by concerns over inequality, crime, and dysfunctional …

Ramped-up diplomacy in 2018 has eased tensions on the Korean Peninsula and led to a one-year halt in missile testing. But Pyongyang has not yet taken credible steps toward denuclearization.

The Giant of Africa’s next president will have to contend with daunting security and economic challenges.

Thailand will go through the motions of free elections in March, but the likely result will be entrenched authoritarian rule and further instability.

President Trump is undermining his peace initiative with North Korea by abruptly raising the cost to South Korea for U.S. security.