Vaclav Havel’s historic speech to Congress is a reminder that we all bear responsibility for effecting change.

Secretaries of State should be loyal to their Presidents, but Mike Pompeo has turned that virtue into a vice.

This is the second time Secretary Pompeo has cancelled a trip to the country, leaving its embattled president high and dry.

As Russia seeks a deeper integration with Belarus, the masses in Minsk are protesting against a “soft annexation.” It’s time for the West to take notice.

The New Yorker’s Susan B. Glasser and TAI contributing editor David J. Kramer host a roundtable discussion with Carl Gershman, Daniel Twining, and Richard Fontaine on Reagan’s legacy and democracy promotion.

Trump’s ongoing bromance with Turkey’s authoritarian leader notwithstanding, Congress and the Administration must act to make clear that the United States isn’t giving Erdoğan a blank check to act in the Middle East.

Activists at home and abroad are being galvanized to stand up for fundamental freedoms. Why can’t the President?

The people who will get hurt the most from Donald Trump’s despicable dirty tricks are Ukrainians trying to root out corruption.

Trump is holding support for Ukraine hostage to his own political interests. Zelensky should resist the pressure—and Congress should step up.

The Trump Administration has cozied up to autocrats and been silent about, if not complicit in, violations of human rights abroad. And now it wants to redefine “unalienable rights”?