The U.S. midterm congressional elections are just one contest in 2026 that could have a significant impact on global affairs.

Peering ahead into the rest of the twenty-first century, Patomaki wonders whether it is possible for future generations to build a system of world government capable of grappling with planetary-scale ...

This year, countries accounting for nearly half the world’s population are holding national elections. Instead of representing a triumph of democracy, however, the results suggest something darker: in ...

The political leaders of the US, UK and Russia are 78, 62 and 72 years old respectively, but these men are bucking the global trend of younger politicians taking office. "Across continents," said ...

It’s the new Hunger Games of world politics — the televised Oval Office take-down by President Donald Trump. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa was the latest leader to become a MAGA prop ...

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He coined the term, arguing that a country’s global influence can’t be built on military might alone. Diplomats around the world paid heed. By Trip Gabriel Joseph S. Nye Jr., an influential figure in ...

Twenty years ago, on September 27, 2004, the front section of the New York Times included a story about John Kerry, then the Democratic nominee for President, and a Chinese assault rifle. During an ...

How do we think about the climate future, now that the era marked by the Paris Agreement has so utterly disappeared? Credit...Photo illustration by Lola Dupre Supported by By David Wallace-Wells Ten ...

Billionaire tech executive Elon Musk has encouraged right-wing political movements, policies and administrations in at least 18 countries in a global push to slash immigration and curtail regulation ...