List of Leaders articles
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Pro-democracy protesters are arrested by police in Hong Kong in protest of China's new security legislation. Will Xi’s Paranoia Defeat Him?
The Chinese leader has taken security worries to a new level.
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China's President Xi Jinping during the 13th National People's Congress in 2018. The Party Elders Who May Challenge Xi
Succession has always been the Chinese Communists’ Achilles’s heel.
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Visitors look at a painting depicting Chinese President Xi Jinping at an exhibit celebrating the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese Communist Party at the National Art Museum of China in Beijing on June 23, 2021. What Xi’s First Decade Tells Us About the Next
Bottom line: The world should prepare for a bumpy ride.
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk attends a gala event at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York on May 2. Kremlin Talking Points Are Back in the U.S. Debate
Elon Musk, Tucker Carlson, and midterm candidates are peddling Russian propaganda on Ukraine.
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Dodik and Putin smile and shake hands. Putin’s Most Loyal Balkan Client
Hard-line Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik has given the Russian president a firm foothold in the Balkans.
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President Xi Jinping is welcomed by his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin How Far Will Xi Go to Help a Desperate Putin?
Cracks have emerged in their marriage of convenience, but the two autocrats are in it for the long haul.
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Putin's face is shown on a large video screen in front of a crowd waving Russian flags. Why Putin’s Denunciations of Western Imperialism Ring Hollow
Russia is among the world’s most ambitious imperial nations.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin looks out the window at the Black Sea resort of Anapa, Russia. Putin’s World Is Now Smaller Than Ever
The moral and strategic disaster of the Russian leader’s war in Ukraine has ended his imperial dreams.
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U.S. President Joe Biden speaks at the groundbreaking of a new Intel semiconductor manufacturing facility near New Albany, Ohio, on Sept. 9. What America’s Plan to Bring Home Technology Manufacturing Gets Wrong
Asia will remain central to U.S. supply chains, but the right policies could accelerate the shift from China to friendlier countries.
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A close-up of Putin's face from the side. Europe Struggles to See What’s Next for Russia
Putin’s fumbling war in Ukraine has weakened his grip on power, but it’s still not clear what that means.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin hosts a national youth environmental forum in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia, on Sept. 5. Predictions of Putin’s Demise Are Greatly Exaggerated
The Russian autocrat’s end has been predicted, wrongly, for two decades.
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Captured Russian tanks are displayed in Kyiv, Ukraine. Putin Has a New Opposition—and It’s Furious at Defeat in Ukraine
Right-wing nationalists are spreading a dangerous “stab-in-the-back” myth to explain Russia’s crushing defeats.
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Jared Kushner Breaking History for No Good Reason
On Middle East politics, Jared Kushner is not the disruptor he says he is.
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Taliban gunmen in Afghanistan in 2001. On 9/11 Anniversary, End the Self-Delusion About America’s Enemies
Al Qaeda once again has a safe haven in Afghanistan, endangering Americans.
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U.S. President Joe Biden delivers a primetime speech at Independence National Historical Park Sept. 1 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. What Does Biden’s Confrontational Speech Mean for U.S. Foreign Policy?
Framing geopolitics in terms of democracy and autocracy won’t necessarily help bring peace.
