List of Politics articles
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A woman gestures at Israeli security forces in the West Bank town of Hebron. ‘Palestinians Live in a State of Despair’
Regional expert Khaled Elgindy on the political future of the Palestinian people.
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A grid of images shows Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, a boy carrying a Palestine and a Fatah flag, a Hamas militant holding a gun with his face covered, members of Hezbollah wearing berets, fatigues, and holding flags, PLO leader Yasser Arafat, and Palestinian Islamic Jihad militants. A Guide to Palestinian and Other Anti-Israel Factions
Hamas is not the only group vying to lead the Palestinians—or the fight against Israel.
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U.S. President Bill Clinton, in a dark suit and tie, smiles as he stands between Palestine Liberation Organization leader Yasser Arafat, in a uniform and checked headscarf, and Israeli Prime Minister Yitzahk Rabin, in a dark suit, as they shake hands in front of the White House. Clinton's arms are outstretched as he gestures around the other two men. ‘Negotiation Is the Only Solution’
Why Aaron David Miller still believes in a Middle East peace process.
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Demonstrators carry a large banner featuring the words "We will free Palestine within our lifetime." The Hamas Attack Has Changed Everything
The starting point for the new Middle East will be an Israeli reoccupation of the Gaza Strip, not an Israeli Embassy in Riyadh.
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A Ukrainian soldier wearing a camouflage military uniform is seen from behind as they walk down a cracked paved road surrounded by grassy fields and open sky. The soldier is holding a rifle and casts a long shadow. Negotiating With Russia Is Still a Bad Idea
The rationale for forcing Ukraine to stop fighting keeps changing with the facts on the ground.
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Officials count votes at a polling station during the second round of the presidential election in Male, Maldives. What in the World?
Test yourself on the week of Sept. 30: Slovakia votes, the EU announces an aid package, and police crack down in Iran.
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European Council President Charles Michel gestures as he addresses a press conference at a meeting of the European Council at the Europa building in Brussels. The EU Needs to Get Bigger if It Wants to Get Better
Brussels’s continued balking over new members only plays into Russian hands.
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Sumeyye Bayraktar and Selcuk Bayraktar, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s daughter and son-in-law, hold Turkish flags in front of Erdogan’s residence in Kisikli. Is Selcuk Bayraktar Turkey’s Crown Prince-in-Waiting?
Drones made the president’s son-in-law a household name. His techno-nationalism and popular appeal could make him the country’s next leader.
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Biden and Mohammed bin Salman walk next to each other. The U.S. Should Ask for More From Saudi Arabia
Riyadh wants big concessions from Washington in exchange for normalizing ties with Israel. Biden should ask for big concessions in return.
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A Ukrainian service member casts his ballot at a polling station during Ukraine's parliamentary election in Kyiv on July 21, 2019. Ukraine Is Already Working on Its Next Election
The challenges of holding a vote in wartime are both small and big—and often unexpected.
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People use a sled over a frozen river at the Harbin Sun Island International Snow Sculpture Art Expo in Harbin, in northeastern China, on Jan. 4. China’s United Front Operations Are Ubiquitous—at Home
One department now oversees everything from religion to winter sports to influence operations.
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China's foreign minister, Wang Yi, attends a press conference at Media Center in Beijing, China. China’s Foreign Minister Is Headed to Washington
The Biden administration has been laying the groundwork for a big meeting with Xi Jinping.
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Markus Soeder, Governor of Bavaria and lead candidate of the Bavarian Social Union (CSU), attends the annual gathering of politicians in beer tents at the Gillamoos folk fest on September 3, 2018 in Abensberg, Germany. The Land of Lederhosen, Beer, and Political Chaos
Bavaria is Germany’s stereotypical idyll—and now a herald of its future turmoil.
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A collage of Chinese President Xi Jinping, the CCP Party Congress, and academia and industry. Will China’s Elite Ever Rise Up?
Inside the world of China’s richest players.
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A Palestinian man carries his child to cross a roadblock in the West Bank city of Hebron in 2003. Rubble fills the land he walks across and barbed wire coils in front of him. A woman with a head covering follows behind them. All the Palestinians Got From Oslo Was KFC
Thirty years of the peace process has left us with less land and fewer rights.
