world affairs

Some foreign-policy decisions fundamentally reshape the world as we know it in an instant. Others take years for their full impact to be felt. The Trump Administration's decision on Feb. 1 to withdraw the U.S....

Viet Thanh Nguyen on Dr. King's 1967 speech ‘Beyond Vietnam’

Every year around this time, people dedicate themselves to self-improvement in the 12 months ahead. So, as a break from my usual column, I'd like to read the minds of the luminaries of global politics...

A transcript of the lawyer and activist's Amal Clooney's speech at the United Nations' Correspondents Association on Dec. 5

It is fall in Mosul, the season's first cool breezes blow off the Tigris, and I am walking around a 12th century castle with my friend Safwan. We have spent the morning scouting on behalf...

Recently, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, departed for her first ever trip to Africa, visiting Ethiopia, the seat of the African Union, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo and South Sudan,...