A U. N. Senegalese peacekeeper looks on during the visit of Alain Le Roy (not pictured), under-secretary-general for Peacekeeping Operations at the United Nations at the Golf Hotel, headquarters of…

The Electoral Count Reform Act offers the opportunity to address a potentially existential national security threat with a relatively small number of keystrokes revising the U.S. Code—but time is sho…

Since December 11, the Southeast Asian Games, a kind of Olympics for Southeast Asia, have been taking place in Myanmar. They go on until December 22, and there have been the kinds of minor hiccups on…

There are two possible reactions to the news that Canada and the United States have finally ironed out the last wrinkle and can now move ahead with the much needed new International Trade Crossing of…

Singapore’s long-ruling People’s Action Party (PAP) has called a snap election for September 11, well in advance of the five year term it is allotted. As I noted in a piece this week for World Politi…

Every summer Friday, we suggest foreign-policy-themed movies worth watching. This week: films about the fight for human rights.