List of Leaders articles
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U.S. President Joe Biden in front of a "Summit for Democracy" sign Biden’s Blueprint for Tackling Global Corruption
USAID now has a playbook to check bad actors.
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Demonstrators and activists attend a vigil in support of Ukraine near European Union headquarters in Brussels on March 22. How the Russian Oil Price Cap Will Work
Ignore the naysayers—the long-prepared plan is a smart way to slash the Kremlin’s profits.
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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at a political rally in 2018. Why Trumpism Will Endure
The former U.S. president took control of a party that had already destroyed itself, several new books contend, and his malign influence will long survive him.
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British Secretary of State Liz Truss chairs a call with her G-7 counterparts. The People Behind the Headlines
Our best political profiles.
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A portrait of Darya Dugina is displayed near her coffin at a ceremony at the Ostankino television complex in Moscow on Aug. 23. Putin’s New Martyr for the Russian Cause
The Kremlin has turned a dead propagandist into a symbol of the war—and a call to kill more Ukrainians.
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Biden, Xi hold virtual summit Biden-Xi Meeting Unlikely to Halt U.S.-Chinese Slide
Compromise is becoming increasingly difficult—especially over Taiwan.
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Protesters supporting Iraqi cleric Moqtada al-Sadr occupy the Iraqi parliament in Baghdad, on Aug. 3. Biden’s Indifference Has Given Iran the Upper Hand in Iraq
The country’s fragile postwar democracy is threatened like never before.
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U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi poses with lawmakers after signing the Inflation Reduction Act at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Aug. 12. Biden’s Historic Climate Bill Needs Smart Foreign Policy
The White House’s crowning domestic policy achievement can’t reach its full potential without engaging the world.
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks during celebrations to mark the 75th anniversary of independence at the Red Fort in New Delhi on Aug. 15. 75 Years After Independence, a Changing ‘Idea of India’
India’s liberal founders recede from view as its current leaders craft a new, less tolerant nation.
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A flight of British citizens and other eligible personnel are evacuated from Kabul in 2021. Afghanistan Was a Predictable, Preventable Disaster
On the sad anniversary of the chaotic U.S. pullout, Afghanistan is once again primed for terror.
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Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to supporters. Trump Under Investigation for Possible Violations of Espionage Act
Top secret classified information was among the documents recovered from the former president’s Florida resort.
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Crosses, flowers, and photographs mark the graves of victims of the battles for Irpin and Bucha at the cemetery of Irpin, Ukraine, on May 16. Russia’s Brutal Honesty Has Destroyed the West’s Appeasers
Yet plenty of Western intellectuals and politicians still ignore what Moscow is saying loud and clear.
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Forza Italia leader Silvio Berlusconi, Brothers of Italy leader Giorgia Meloni, and then-League leader Matteo Salvini participate in a rally of right-wing opposition parties in Rome on Oct. 19, 2019. Italy’s Snap Election Could Hand Putin the Win He Needs
Outspoken supporters of Russia are likely to play key roles in the next government.
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Afghans seeking help with applying for special immigrant visas to the United States crowd into an internet cafe in Kabul on Aug. 8, 2021. Afghans Promised a Way Out Are Still Trapped by Red Tape
More than 70,000 Afghans who worked for the United States are still waiting for visas—unless the Taliban get to them first.
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A boy rides his scooter past the destroyed city hall in Okhtyrka, Ukraine on Aug. 1. The Case for Cautious Optimism in Ukraine
There are two Western views of the same facts on the ground in Ukraine—and only one can be correct.
