As support slips for military funding to Ukraine, some analysts argue that America is getting a great deal for its money. But there are a lot of strategic costs that don’t show up on the balance sheet.

The Islamic Republic’s theocratic elite are on the ropes.

Lula won because the left and the center feared a second term for the extremist Jair Bolsonaro. But the right won Congress and the governorships. Sound like any place you know?

The candidate of the left has establishment backing for Sunday’s vote. But below the level of the presidency, signs are more ominous.

The Iranian American journalist on how Mahsa Amini’s death has led to growing protests that threaten the regime as never before since 1979.

Why is Tom Cotton the loudest member of Congress speaking about human rights abuses in Iran right now?

Fox News’s chief wingnut has spent all week fawning over authoritarian President Jair Bolsonaro and making absurd, ignorant statements about the country.

Opposition to U.S. adventurism is principled. But this is Putin’s adventurism, and the left must stand firmly against it.

The Twitter hubbub over uncredited scholars is a sideshow. The real people who’ve suffered from the way we’ve covered Haiti are Haitians.

The official U.S. policy is ambiguous and incoherent. Biden spoke the truth—but it’s a truth with some ominous implications.

Some 6,000 Russian elites help prop their leader up. Can they be pressured to see he’s no longer worth it?

Maybe it’s a sign that he knows his botched war has diminished his power. But he did add one caveat to his assent.

The U.S. has sent thousands more troops to Europe, and spent billions on weapons for Ukraine. Meanwhile, the Pentagon’s budget continues to grow. Americans are paying the price for it.

The Pentagon chief’s statement suggests a willingness to see the war prolonged. Which just means more unpredictable things could happen.

The “El Hiblu 3” were just teenagers when an oil tanker saved their overloaded dinghy in the Mediterranean. So why are they facing decades in prison in Malta?

As Vladimir Putin grows increasingly isolated, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán becomes the chief conduit to the West for Putin-style authoritarianism and corruption.

The wheels of international justice grind slowly, but they do grind. The law can catch up with the Russian autocrat.

A study of strongmen misses deeper reasons for democratic collapse.

Emmanuel Macron leads the presidential race—by about as much as “Remain” led in the U.K. and Hillary Clinton led in the United States in 2016.

The ongoing conflict with Russia has internally displaced tens of thousands of people in the country. Many have struggled to integrate in their new communities but also fear returning home.