In global politics, gratitude is not about politeness. It is about signaling reliability, shaping perceptions, and building ...

“As everyone knows, the oil business in Venezuela has been a bust, a total bust, for a long period of time. … We're going to have our very large United States oil companies, the biggest anywhere in ...

Asia’s politics are marked by extraordinary diversity, with forms of governance ranging from liberal democracies to authoritarian regimes. Economic success has not always brought about democratic ...

Books & the Arts / Through Nkrumah’s story, Howard French charts the history of African decolonization and the American civil rights movement. Adom Getachew Accra’s Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park, built ...

Dr. Thompson is the author of “Disorder: Hard Times in the 21st Century.” Mr. Guida is an editor in Times Opinion. What forces are shaping global politics? In 2026, what has been called the ...

Since its inauguration, the Trump administration has embarked on an aggressive agenda to dismantle vital environmental regulations and climate change initiatives, both at home and abroad. It has ...

Captured Futures: Rethinking the Drama of Environmental Politics Maarten A. Hajer and Jeroen Oomen Oxford Univ. Press (2025) Every now and again, you look forward to a book. You follow the ...

Federico Donelli is affiliated with the Italian Institute for International Political Studies (ISPI), the Nordic Africa Institute (NAI), and the Orion Policy Institute (OPI) The region stretches from ...