List of Politics articles
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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz's silhouette is seen with the German national flag in the background as he delivers a speech during a New Year’s reception with relatives of soldiers and police personnel serving abroad, at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, on January 20, 2026. German Foreign Policy Has Finally Grown Up
Friedrich Merz is, slowly but surely, putting his country on a new international footing.
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A Ukrainian soldier in camouflage holds a large, gray drone with a wingspan a little longer than he is tall, with yellow and blue markings on its wings. He's standing in a field of long, dry glass beneath a pale blue sky. Ukraine Wants to Teach Europe What It Learned
Kyiv is giving continent’s defense chiefs a blunt message about how to fight.
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Three women lift up their phones to take flash photographs of something seen off-camera, lit by spotlights and neon from a shining cityscape beneath the night sky across the river behind the women. Other people mill about at the edge of the frame. Beijing Is Using Influencers to Burnish Its Image
“Chinamaxxing” has become an online phenomenon.
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A rebel fighter rips a portrait of slain Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in the town of in Qusayr in Syria's central Homs province on December 15, 2024. Israel and Syria’s Shared Fight Against Hezbollah
Washington should help the two estranged neighbors cooperate against a common enemy.
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Trump and Xi are seen up close as they stand next to each other, both wearing dark suits and ties and smiling slightly. Trump is leaning closer to whisper something in Xi's ear. What Five Decades of Summits Reveal About U.S.-China Relations
The real test for the Trump-Xi meeting will come afterwards.
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A worker turns a valve on the Kirkuk-Ceyhan pipeline at the Shirawa oilfield in Kirkuk, Iraq, in 2004. Escaping the Hormuz Trap
The 70-year history of oil transit crises suggests engineering will prove more effective than diplomacy.
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Leo, wearing typical all-white papal vestments, smiles with wide eyes and his hands splayed as he release a white dove into the air. The dove shoots upward toward the top of the frame, flapping its wings. Leo is flanked on both sides by a cardinals and priests wearing their own robes. What in the World?
Test yourself on the week of April 18: Taiwan’s president faces travel troubles, U.N. secretary-general candidates assemble in New York, and Pope Leo concludes his tour of Africa.
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A group of people, some wearing face masks, sit in a darkened room facing a large floor-to-ceiling projection of a polar bear standing on an ice floe in an Arctic landscape. The Planet Is Doing Better Than You Think
Apocalyptic headlines overlook conservation and biodiversity successes.
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A photo illustration shows President Trump with joke glasses on his face Hoaxes Keep Escaping Containment
A delusional U.S. president is helping thin the line between fiction and reality.
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Incoming Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Magyar waves the national flag during election night celebrations in Budapest on April 12. How to Rebuild Hungarian Democracy
Peter Magyar must avoid reproducing the very abuses he seeks to dismantle.
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a yellow color wash over a A black-and-white engraving depicting a historical scene inside a grand hall. A religious figure in ornate robes lies fallen on steps, holding a staff, while a man in a dark tunic stands over him with one hand raised and the other gripping the arm of a soldier drawing a sword. Papal Politics, Past and Present
Despite more colorful medieval precedents, Pope Leo’s clash with Trump reflects the Vatican’s postwar peace advocacy.
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A vendor carries chickens for sale past fellow vendor at the Spice Market in Asmara, on October 4, 2025. Washington’s One-Dimensional Chess in the Horn of Africa
Trump’s inexplicable effort to lift sanctions on Eritrea reflects a deepening lack of strategy.
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A group of dozens of people of varying ages are seen mostly from behind. Close to the camera is a tall person wearing a red-white-and-blue shirt with photos of Orban's and Trump's faces printed on the back, along with text in English that says "Friendship matters—leaders of the free world." After Trump, Partisanship Will Still Undermine U.S. Credibility
For foreign audiences, the dysfunctional nature of U.S. politics matters more than the country’s leader.
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Supporters of the Houthis in Yemen are seen standing in line and holding weapons. What Happens if the U.S.-Iran Cease-Fire Collapses?
The truce is hanging by a thread despite Trump’s extension.
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Grossi is seen from the mid-torso on upward as he speaks into a microphone. He wears a dark blue suit and a lighter blue tie, and a shadow cuts across his face, mostly obscuring the right half of it. The Race for the Next U.N. Chief Kicks Off
The selection process for António Guterres’s successor begins with a grilling for four contenders.
