The International Criminal Court has therefore issued an arrest warrant against Putin for war crimes. These would have consisted of the deportation, that is to say the illegal transfer, to Russia of Ukrainian children who lived in orphanages or had been lost by their parents and then entrusted to Russian …

Twenty years ago, the United States invaded Iraq with faulty intelligence, inadequate planning, and the impossibly ambitious aim of constructing a new Iraqi nation to American specifications. The result was over a trillion dollars lost, thousands of U.S. service members killed and wounded, hundreds of thousands of Iraqis dead, a …

China’s mediation of the Saudi-Iran normalization agreement signals a potential break from its long-standing policy of keeping to a minimal and economically oriented regional footprint. By successfully bringing two of the Middle East’s bitterest rivals to the negotiation table, China aims to build credibility as a capable partner in a …