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Henry Kissinger's Lessons for the World Today

By Parag Khanna

How the U.S. Should Counter China in Latin America

By Julio Guzmán

Just say NO and Veto Putin From Taking Over U.N. Security Council

By Jeffrey Sonnenfeld , Richard Blumenthal and Jon Huntsman

What Big Shifts in East Asian Geopolitics Mean for the World

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What Europe Can Do Next to Re-Contain Russia

Xi Jinping's visit to Moscow only underscores the need to contain Russia in three key areas where Chinese support will help Putin advance.

By Liam Byrne

Mikheil Saakashvili Must Not Die

The former president of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili writes a letter from prison to his friend Bernard Henri-Lévy

By Bernard-Henri Lévy

Russia Doesn’t Belong in the United Nations

Without restoring the rule of law within its own organization, the U.N. will become more and more irrelevant.

By Alona Shkrum, Dmytro Natalukha, and Lesia Vasylenko

In Israel and India the Civilization State is Taking Over

As liberal power wanes, rival civilizations are reaffirming themselves as models for how to arrange political and social life.

By Bruno Maçães

The West Must Stop Playing Erdogan's Dangerous Game

Since the Russian invasion Turkey's president Erdogan has played a dangerous game between NATO and Russia, writes Enes Kanter Freedom

By Enes Kanter Freedom

The Top 10 Global Risks of 2023

From Ukraine to Xi Jinping to the energy crunch, Ian Bremmer on the top global risk for the world in the coming year

By Ian Bremmer

The Strongman at Biden's Africa Summit

An invitation from Washington legitimizes both deserving democrats and dubious leaders like Rwanda's Paul Kagame

By Jeffrey Smith

There Are No Benefits to a Pelosi Visit to Taiwan

The U.S. House Speaker's expected trip to Taiwan is no more than costly virtue signaling.

By Daniel DePetris

The White Power Mercenaries Fighting For The Lost Cause Around the World

Russian mercenaries are the all-too-real bogeymen of the war in Ukraine. Most belong to the company known colloquially as Wagner, a quasi-corporate paramilitary group connected to the Kremlin that serves as a violent tool of...

By Brian Castner

Finland and Sweden Joining NATO Is the Latest Example of Putin Miscalculating the Ukraine War

That distant boom you heard last week was Vladimir Putin’s head exploding as he heard the news of a formal request from both Finland and Sweden to join NATO. These are two highly capable and...

By James Stavridis

These Three Global Crises Will Transform Our World

Where is the peace that the United Nations was created to guarantee?” That’s the pointed question Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky asked the U.N. Security Council during a video speech on April 5 in response to Russia’s war...

By Ian Bremmer

Why the World Should Be Concerned by the Marcos Victory

Authoritarians around the world have watched the Philippine election with interest and been given a powerful lesson

By Jonathan Corpus Ong

Russia's Growing Influence in Africa Serves as a Warning

Democracy will lose ground in Africa unless efforts are made to counter Moscow's inroads

By Sandun Munasinghe

Davos 2022: Klaus Schwab on Fixing the Global Trust Crisis

TIME editor-in-chief Edward Felsenthal talks to Klaus Schwab, the founder of the World Economic Forum, about collaboration, hopes for the climate, and the power of youth. This interview has been edited and condensed. I recently...

By Edward Felsenthal

Don Cheadle, Kristalina Georgieva and 6 More Global Leaders Share the Most Powerful Collaborations in Their Lives

Kristalina Georgieva Managing Director, IMF In August 2021, the 190 member countries of the International Monetary Fund—working together to tackle the pandemic, a crisis like no other—delivered an achievement like no other: a historic $650...

We Must Come Together to Face Longterm Global Risks

As the world enters the third year of living through a pandemic, people are struggling. COVID-19 has caused a staggering 5.4 million deaths globally and led to an additional 53 million cases of major depression....

By Saadia Zahidi
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