United States

The proverbial tinfoil hat was once the purview of counterculture hippies.

Forty years ago, Hollywood released a hit movie with a surprisingly subversive message.

Hun Manet may appear more friendly and even-keeled than his father, but political repression continues apace.

Western sanctions over the war in Ukraine have had limited impact.

The U.S. president wants a truce more than Israel and Hamas do.

UNHCR’s Filippo Grandi on Sudan, Gaza, Ukraine, and more.

A new security agreement and $50 billion funding deal signal that the West remains united in Kyiv’s defense—but how long will it last?

To help Taipei, Washington needs to get smarter about weapons transfers.

The conflicts in Gaza and Ukraine can only end with deals that don’t satisfy anyone completely.

White-collar crimes are prosecuted at much lower rates than many other crimes in the United States.

India’s overtures to the island have coincided with a breakdown in its relationship with Beijing.

U.S. competitors are pushing the limits of autonomy within a dollar-based system, but there isn’t a real global alternative—and the world is far from an inflection point.

The U.S. Congress missed an opportunity. Instead, it published a road map that fails to address the key challenges posed by new technologies.

Britons tend to downplay the empire’s slave-trading history. But its links to Virginia tobacco are all over the landscape.

A critique of “technofeudalism” loses the plot.