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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters Even Trump Is Surprised by Australia's Cynical Migrant Policy
In leaked transcripts, Malcolm Turnbull spells out a controversial practice in unusually stark terms.
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Edwin Montilva / Reuters Four Global Scandals Fueled by Cold, Hard Cash
These crises are plaguing heads of states, from Zimbabwe to Venezuela.
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Mohammad Ismail / Reuters What Got Buried in the Crazy News Cycle: 'Forgotten War' Edition
A few of the stories that have nothing to do with the Paris climate accords
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Nacho Doce / Reuters What Got Buried in the Crazy News Cycle: U.S. Attacks Syria Edition
Washington may be consumed in its own chaos, but the world is going on just the same.
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Charles Platiau / Reuters Where Do Populists Go When They Lose?
Recent elections on both sides of the Atlantic show that winning isn’t everything—and that governing isn’t easy.
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Hannah Mckay / Reuters Around the World in Election Interference
Four upcoming votes where foreign powers are playing an outsized role
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Murad Sezer / Reuters Three Objects That Could Start Trade Wars
The politics of Turkish tomatoes
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Osservatore Romano / Reuters Who Are World Leaders Blaming for Their Civil Unrest?
From George Soros to Trump’s tweets, a guide to politicians’ favorite villains
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters Where Will Trump Flip-Flop on Foreign Policy Next?
After NATO and Chinese currency, here are a few good candidates.
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Carlos Barria / Reuters Reactions to the Syria Strike: A Brief Guide
Washington's foreign policy blob is in lockstep behind Trump.
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Dylan Martinez / Reuters Five of the Toughest Jobs in International Politics
What’s a Brexit negotiator to do?
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Dylan Martinez / Reuters The Next Wave of Questionable Referendums
If you thought 2016 was the year of suspenseful plebiscites, get ready for 2017.
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Fabrizio Bensch / Reuters Creative Insults in World Politics
A collection of decidedly undiplomatic disses
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Peter Nicholls / Reuters Ranked: Bizarre Explanations for Celebrities’ Meetings with Julian Assange
It’s not for his cat. But maybe it should be.
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Michael Dalder / Reuters Ranked: Divided Ruling Parties
It’s not just the GOP. Political dominance has a way of sowing discord among those who hold it.
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Jorge Duenes / Reuters The Rise of Refugee Offshoring
Trump tries out an idea that’s been gaining ground globally.
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Brian Snyder / Reuters The Foreign-Policy Contradictions of the Trump Administration: A Crib Sheet
America appears to be pursuing four Mexico strategies at once.
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Tyrone Siu / Reuters Ranked: Useful Fictions in International Politics
The normal ebb and flow of diplomacy relies on a few agreed-upon falsehoods.
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Aurelien Meunier / Getty Ranked: After 'America First,' Other Nations That Want to Be First, Too
There can only be one. Or can there?
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Nacho Doce / Reuters Ranked: World Leaders Who Are Out of Office, but Not Out of Power
Some terms are more limited than others.
