A ceasefire was announced on Saturday between India and Pakistan, after talks mediated by Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Based on reports on Monday, both sides seem to be observing it. India recently attacked alleged…
Frustration is mounting in Brussels and Beijing over Donald Trump’s trade policy. The U.S. president’s tariffs have caught the elite bureaucracies off guard and exposed their own protectionist instincts. In this global power play, the United States holds the stronger…
George Washington’s first message to Congress contained the words, “To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace.” Though he didn’t mention the word, he was speaking of the concept of deterrence. Deterrence is…
“With a nuke-nuke here and a nuke-nuke there, here a nuke, there a nuke, everywhere a nuke-nuke….” I know, I know — I shouldn’t use a nursery rhyme in commenting on something as serious as nuclear proliferation. After all, one…
During President Trump’s recent meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the conversation centered on trade and economic issues, leaving little room for a far more urgent crisis. In the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh, Hindu leaders have urged men…
Amidst the tumult of controversial cabinet nominations, recriminations in the Democratic Party about why it was clobbered on Nov. 5, the Israeli–Hezbollah ceasefire, and Russia’s grinding advances in Ukraine, it is understandable why a major scandal that recently erupted in…
NEW DELHI, INDIA — Perhaps the most striking first impression for any visit to India, the world’s most populous nation and most complicated democracy, is the traffic. Even in the nation’s capital the roads are barely organized chaos. Lane markings…
In late October, 37 nations met in the Russian city of Kazan, capital of the Tartarstan Republic, on the banks of the Volga River. Russian President Vladimir Putin hosted this summit of BRICS, an alliance established in 2009 originally including…
You could have been born in Paris and feeling that walking through its picturesque parks is like crossing Senegal. And hanging love locks on bridges. And having all of Europe look down on you for voting for Le Pen trying…
