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Donald Trump's campaign promise to crack down on visas for skilled foreign technology workers has a cheerleader in China. Robin Li, the head of Baidu,...

Today, there are 21.3 million refugees worldwide. That is 21.3 million people who have been driven from their countries by fear of violence or oppression....

Three years ago, a young boy in rural Guinea fell victim to the Ebola virus. An epidemic soon took hold of West Africa. By the time it was contained, it had...

We live in a rapidly evolving, hyper-connected world, where goods, capital, and people are more mobile than ever before. But, where countries have shown a...

A bronze bust of Winston Churchill, displayed in the White House since the 1960s, has been the object of a continuing right-wing canard in Washington. The...

When Hugo Chavez took office in Venezuela in 1999, he promised his compatriots many wonders, from a hemispheric “Bolivarian” alliance against...

By its stolid standards, the CDU is undergoing something of an identity crisis. Some of its regional politicians have been defecting to the anti-immigrant,...

Nearly 40 years ago, when I visited Moscow for the first time, my initial reaction was surprise. The hotels and restaurants were so poorly run that it...

Democratic governments in the West are increasingly losing their bearings. From the shift toward illiberalism in Poland and Hungary to the Brexit vote in...

Those who support aggressive action to reduce greenhouse gases fear that the Donald Trump administration will undo all or most of President Barack...