The foreign policy team Biden appoints matters less than the world they inherit, policies they pursue, and the pressure they get from progressives.
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Biden may tone down Trump's trade war and bring back some limited human rights advocacy, but there may be more continuity than either administration admits.
How else would you describe Americans who deny a pandemic that’s killed 250,000 people and the election that repudiated Trump?
It simply doesn’t make a lot of sense to entrust leadership to a country with a severe personality disorder.
For many, Trump's ouster is a relief. But his steadfast support among white voters puts his party on a crash course with democracy.
American democracy is in rough shape. It's going to take more than this election to set it right.
Authoritarianism has been on the march for years, but people powered revolutions are pushing regimes toward democracy on nearly every continent.
COVID-19 is an early alert for more serious global crises. So far, the international community has failed — but it’s not too late to get it right.
Trump has put a stop to democracy promotion. Will democracy put a stop to Trump?
The IMF and the Bank would like the global South to believe that they are indispensable. They are not.