Congressional paralysis, voter suppression, and widespread political polarization all suggest that American democracy is far from exemplary.

South Korea has been a big winner in the game of globalization. But it has come at a price.

The cold war in the Taiwan Strait threatens to turn hot.

This problem of rogue actors has long bedeviled the United Nations. But the rise of right-wing populists who insist on their sovereign right to do whatever they please poses an additional challenge to the international community.

The fact that India is well on its way to full-fledged authoritarianism hasn’t factored into the Biden administration’s approach to the “world’s largest democracy.”