The world was stunned when the Tatmadaw, Myanmar’s military, deposed popular civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi in a coup on January 21, 2021. As the opposition protests against the coup led to a ...

Italy has traditionally been a country of emigration, holding the record for largest voluntary emigration in recorded history: 13 million people between 1880 and 1915. This resettlement was mainly due ...

Since the invasion of Ukraine, Russian elites have repeatedly called on Moldova to avoid Western influence, referring to the autonomous region as “the next Ukraine.” In the aftermath of the Ukrainian ...

According to Cui Tiankai, the Chinese Ambassador to the United States, “There are actually two Chinese ambassadors in Washington: me and the panda cub at the National Zoo." Cui’s quote reflects the ...

In 1988, Chico Mendes gained an international following as a result of his efforts to protect the Amazon Rainforest from deforestation. But politically connected ranchers in his home village of Xapuri ...

"Mixed messages." "Acted too slowly." "Partial and incomplete." Reforms to international health organizations and views on a new pandemic treaty are largely split into three camps. The EU and ...

How did you get into digital activism? I was originally a journalist covering these issues. More broadly, the reason why I got into covering tech journalism is that I was part of the first generation ...

Madam Atifete Jahjaga served as Kosovo's fourth president from 2011 to 2016. She started her career in the military, attaining the rank of Major General of the Kosovo Police. Being just 35 years old ...

Paul Scharre is the Vice President and Director of Studies at the Center for New American Security, a former advisor at the Department of Defense on unmanned and autonomous systems, and the author of ...

Benjamin L. Schmitt is the Former European Energy Security Advisor in the US Department of State. The opinions expressed are his own. You can follow him on Twitter at @BLSchmitt. The Washington ...

Over twenty years ago, Daniel Pearl, The Wall Street Journal’s South Asia correspondent, was kidnapped, then beheaded by jihadist militants in Pakistan. His targeting seemed to mark a new trend.

Dostoevsky once wrote that “the degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons.” Although certainly an oversimplification, incarceration remains a crucial barometer for ...