John Hudson is a national security reporter at The Washington Post, focusing on the State Department and diplomacy. He previously worked...

Alexandra Elbakyan is a Kazakhstan-born, Russian-based computer programmer and scientific activist. A supporter of the open science...

It has taken three years and one pipeline for the Trump administration to respond to Vladimir Putin’s increasingly hostile Russia. Since...

Transfers of power in illiberal and authoritarian states are rarely fluid. We have very few examples of peaceful and lasting regime...

This month, Serbia’s government approved a Russian plan to construct a vast network of pipeline stretching from the Bulgarian border...

Inspired by the Arab Spring uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia, a group of Syrian demonstrators took to the streets of Deraa to protest...

On January 1st, 2019, marchers took to Khreshchatyk Street in the middle of Kiev. The wide boulevard forms an artery to Independence...

The global community has proven sluggish in responding to climate change, but nations have been quick to position themselves to prosper...

This past July, US President Donald Trump made headlines for his behavior at the 2018 North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) summit in...

The documentary has always been the global community’s preferred medium of political exposé. Even devotees to the masterworks of...

Ever since Edward Jenner’s smallpox vaccine gained traction in the early 19th century, vaccination has formed the bedrock of public...

This past December, Bosnia and Herzegovina celebrated the 22nd anniversary of the Dayton Accords, the U.S.-led peace treaty that...

In the past few years, issues surrounding immigration, refugees, and displaced persons have proven to be ones transcending national...

When the International Olympic Committee (IOC) gathered in Kuala Lumpur in 2015 to select the host city for the 2022 Winter Olympics, it...

Exactly a century ago, in 1917, myriad forces in Russia conspired to topple the Czar, overthrowing an autocratic system of government...

A 2005 headline for The Guardian reads: ‘The end of oil is closer than you think.’ A more recent example from the Christian Science...

A journalist investigates a government official and loses his job. He returns to find police have raided his home. Later, they beat him....

During the Cold War, global politics were characterized by the notion of bipolarity: The United States and the Soviet Union were...

For any major power looking to grow its influence, Kazakhstan is a hidden gem. While short on name recognition, the Central Asian...

While warping time can make for good science fiction, the simple act of turning the hands of a clock has borne great significance for...