In recent decades, most nations have agreed on certain norms to ensure peace, including an end to assassinations. Trump's move to kill an Iranian general upends this carefully balanced system.
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Tehran is making threats but its options are somewhat limited.
The Trump administration is only the latest to push the boundaries of the law to take out foreign adversaries.
Boris Johnson or Jeremy Corbyn? Who would Vladimir Putin want to see in Downing Street and why?
NATO had its 70th birthday party in London at an awkward moment.
Oligarchs have made headlines recently as the impeachment hearings against President Donald Trump move forward.
Both sides can point to the Vienna Convention and to diplomatic tradition to support their case.
A bill making its way through the US Congress seeks to tighten scrutiny of Hong Kong's autonomy. But it will do little to resolve the situation.
The conflict between Congress and President Trump over his dealings with Ukraine's president is just the latest version of a long-running struggle for power between the two branches of government.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Cabinet reshuffle is an exercise in illusion. Yet it reveals some unwelcome truths about his political present - and future.
The US has historically asked for international support when brewing conflicts in the Middle East boiled over.
Science fiction writing often serves as a thought experiment that explores shared and hidden beliefs whose material and political reverberations lie further in the future.
Greenland and Denmark have a complicated history, but the connection runs deeper than economic convenience.
Just what is Boris Johnson, the UK's new prime minister: a liberal or conservative? A historian writing a book about Brexit, the focus of much of Johnson's career, says the man is hard to pin down.
While the US is a nation of immigrants, China is not. That's a huge competitive advantage when doing business in emerging markets.
As the US prepares to replace NAFTA, a labor scholar who was critical of Perot but shared concerns about the deal revisits the claim that helped him become the most successful third-party candidate since Teddy Roosevelt.
Arguments over Trump's tariffs and trade wars are just the latest salvo in a heated debate that has raged since the dawn of the American republic.
Trump may find it harder to maintain support for his escalating tariffs on China if the US economy shows further signs of weakness.
If headlines about bombings and airplane crashes are making you rethink your international travel plans this summer, a look at how many Americans actually die abroad should set your mind at ease.
Growing fears of a US conflict with Iran show why the kind of unilateral sanctions the Trump administration imposed last year don't work.
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