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A billboard in Managua shows Nicaragua’s president, Daniel Ortega, and his wife, Rosario Murillo, the vice president. Ortega reclaimed the presidency in 2007 and has held it since; his family controls much of the country's media.INTI OCÓN/NYT

This is how other democracies have died

With American democracy pushed to the breaking point, the fate of other formerly free countries could soon be ours, too.

Trump and Pompeo redraw the map of North Africa

Trump and Pompeo redraw the map of North Africa

With a bizarre, presumptuous tweet, the United States hastily declares a winner in a complex conflict.

China's Premier Li Keqiang, center, waved as he left a press conference with South Korea's President Moon Jae-in, left, and Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, right, in China last year

Three nations could rule the world together if they wanted

China, Japan, and South Korea could brush the United States aside — if they could only get past centuries of conflict.

Rich donors don’t make great ambassadors

Rich donors don’t make great ambassadors

Elizabeth Warren was right: Let’s stop sending out unqualified diplomats just because they helped fund a president’s campaign.

On foreign policy, Biden should go big, all at once

On foreign policy, Biden should go big, all at once

The world would take note of a decisive turn away from the go-it-alone recklessness of the Trump era.