Foreign Policy

Most global powers with a military presence or financial stake in the country stand to lose from instability—and that could put pressure on the military junta.

The country’s Supreme Court has played a pivotal role in securing gender equality. Neutering it will deal a blow to women’s rights.

Bola Tinubu’s new role as ECOWAS chair, and the coup in Niger, present an opportunity for a foreign-policy reset.

The apparent purge comes amid a renewed crackdown on corruption in the military.

Mali and Burkina Faso warn foreign powers that any move to undermine Niger’s coup would be a “declaration of war” against their own countries.

The country’s wealth is stolen or wasted as murder skyrockets.

The image of starving Africans may score propaganda points for the West, but Russia’s suspension of the deal arguably does more harm to wealthier countries.

Spiraling violence in the northeastern state takes cues from the ruling party’s majoritarianism.

A forever war in Ukraine comes with almost limitless possibilities to stifle dissent.

Silicon Valley’s congressman on how to reset the U.S.-China relationship.

Changes in technology and antitrust laws are driving the strike by writers and actors.

Decoupling is seen as everything from a moral necessity to a U.S. imposition.

An entrenched culture of misogyny is keeping the country’s female lawyers away from the corridors of power.

Measures intended to punish autocrats are eroding the very Western order they were meant to preserve.

The trans-Atlantic alliance has made China a security priority.

It’s not just in NATO. It’s one of the alliance’s most confrontational members.

Karl Schlögel recreates a lost world of long queues and shared spaces.

Is economic war between the world’s two biggest economies inevitable?

A new history of Russia’s ruble highlights the reciprocal relationship between autocracy and monetary policy.

“Follow the Money” traces an economy in crisis.