Xi’s regime underperformed when facing COVID-19, and Chinese elites know it. In the unstable times ahead, expect a more hostile and unpredictable foreign policy coming out of Beijing.

Central Europe has an opportunity to benefit from the coming restructuring of global supply chains—but only if it gets out of bed with Beijing.

Russia’s military has historically been more active when energy prices soar and less so when they fall. Now, with COVID-19, they are falling precipitously.

In 1793, the former U.S. capital was ravaged by yellow fever. Its response illustrated the limits of the Enlightenment—but also the strength of the Republic.

To move them online would be a logical continuation of pre-COVID trends. It could also weaken the parties.

His father, King Hussein, had always wanted it that way, he just never told anybody. Except me.

If Putin remains in control through 2030, the problem will still be: after Putin, what?

National emergencies in the West do not breed despots, and haven’t for some time. The press should take note.

Its defective “gifts” reflect a defective regime—and the world is beginning to notice.

Americans tend to focus more on China’s size and strength than its vulnerabilities. In doing so, they play right into Beijing’s hands.