Tag: Democracy

Matt Kroenig: Hi Emma! I believe you had some travel planned in this period. Where in the world are you today? Emma Ashford: I’m in Paris. I was supposed to ...

When South Korean legislator Kim Min-seok warned in August that President Yoon Suk-yeol might be plotting to declare martial law, even the most ardent critics of Yoon were skeptical. Of ...

Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at South Korea’s crackdown on opposition parties, new Chinese restrictions on critical mineral exports to the United States, and U.S. President Joe ...

Embattled South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol declared martial law on Tuesday in an extraordinary attempt to consolidate his power. But after South Korea’s National Assembly unanimously voted to reject the ...

By Nosmot Gbadamosi Welcome to Foreign Policy’s Africa Brief. The highlights this week: South Africa prepares to take the helm of the G-20, Chinese President Xi Jinping visits Morocco, and a superhighway takes shape ...

As dusk fell on the hills around the Georgian village of Odzisi, activist David Katsarava looked out over the valley and the glimmering lights on a mountainside beyond. The lights ...

This week’s Latin America Brief looks at how U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s election win has reverberated across the region—and examines what Democrats could learn from their Latin American counterparts. Some ...

Vice President Kamala Harris was supposed to deliver an election night speech at her alma mater, Howard University; instead, she returned Wednesday to deliver her concession speech after having lost ...

Irrespective of who wins this election, there is some good news from the hustings for all of us: U.S. democracy seems to be working. Although there have been some problems ...

Here’s what’s on tap for the day: The world watches anxiously as Americans head to the polls in one of the most consequential presidential elections in memory, Hezbollah has a ...