The United Kingdom on Thursday hit out at China’s disqualification of four pro-democracy members of Hong Kong’s Legislative Council (LegCo), saying that the country is in breach of a 1984 treaty promising to protect the city’s freedoms. “Beijing’s imposition of new rules to disqualify elected legislators in Hong Kong constitutes …

Russia occupies an unusual position on the world stage. Under President Vladimir Putin, Moscow has repeatedly demonstrated that it has the capacity to destabilize the international order, but not the capacity to fill the vacuum it is creating. While Russia lacks the military strength to challenge U.S. supremacy, no one—particularly …

The United States on Friday urged Japan and South Korea to speak out against China’s treatment of minority Muslims and its actions toward Hong Kong and Taiwan, despite their trading relationships with Beijing.