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A university student writes notes at the site after the Goddess of Democracy statue, a memorial for those killed in the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown, was removed at the University of Hong Kong on Dec. 24, 2021.

Op-ed: Democracy around the world had a rough year. But don’t give up.

December 31, 2021 at 5:00 a.m.

The year we're leaving behind was a bad one for democracy — a reminder that progress is fragile and not inevitable, and that history doesn't always take a linear path....

The U.S. Capitol in Washington. The Senate on Dec. 15, 2021, passed a defense bill, sending legislation to President Joe Biden that will increase the Pentagon's budget by more than he requested.

Op-ed: Disappointments abound in 2022 Pentagon budget

December 16, 2021 at 1:50 p.m.

On Dec. 15, the Senate passed the National Defense Authorization Act, the annual legislation authorizing the yearly defense budget. At $768 billion, it breezed through the House and the Senate...

A passenger on a flight from South Africa is tested for the coronavirus at Amsterdam Schiphol airport on Dec. 2, 2021, in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Op-ed: Omicron proves the world fails to face global threats with global solutions

December 2, 2021 at 12:38 p.m.

President Joe Biden has spoken passionately about the "clear and urgent choice" we face as citizens of an interconnected world, asking the United Nations General Assembly in September whether we...

People extinguish fire on cars caused by a bomb explosion in Uganda's capital, Kampala, on Nov. 16. Two explosions hit Kampala that day, injuring a number of people.

Op-ed: Africa will test Biden’s democracy approach

November 19, 2021 at 5:00 a.m.

President Joe Biden has pledged to "revitalize our national commitment to advancing human rights and democracy around the world." Next month, he will host a virtual Summit for Democracy as...

U.S. Secretary of State Tony Blinken talks about modernizing American diplomacy during a speech at the Department of State's Foreign Service Institute in Arlington, Virginia, on Oct. 27, 2021.

Op-ed: Diplomacy doesn’t work in a zero-risk world

November 4, 2021 at 11:50 a.m.

"A world of zero risk is not a world in which American diplomacy can deliver," U.S. Secretary of State Tony Blinken said as he introduced his plan for modernizing American...

Tigray Defense Force fighters shelter in plastic bags during a storm south of the Ethiopian city of Mekelle in the country's Tigray region onJune 23, 2021. A scrappy force of local Tigrayan recruits scored a cascade of battlefield victories against the Ethiopian military, one of Africa's strongest.

Op-ed: Don’t ignore the war in Ethiopia

October 21, 2021 at 3:29 p.m.

Outsiders often view Africa as one large zone of war, poverty and tragedy. It's not, but armed conflict is ongoing today in about a dozen of Africa's 54 countries. While...

Secretary of State Antony Blinken delivers a keynote address at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development's Ministerial Council Meeting on Oct. 5, 2021, in Paris.

Op-ed: For the American public, ‘Foreign Policy for the Middle Class’ mostly gets it right

October 7, 2021 at 11:51 a.m.

"Those of us who conduct foreign policy haven't always done a good job connecting it to the needs and aspirations of the American people," said Secretary of State Antony Blinken...

President Joe Biden attends a U.N. General Assembly COVID-19 videoconference from the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House grounds on Sept. 22, 2021.

Op-ed: Biden says America is back at the table. Is it?

September 23, 2021 at 3:53 p.m.

At the United Nations General Assembly this week, President Joe Biden told the world again that America is back at the table. He championed global cooperation as the only way...

A boy cries in Kabul on Aug. 30, 2021, over the death of his sister in a U.S. drone strike. One family says the strike killed 10 people, including seven children.

Op-ed: We are still at war, and the costs remain high for some

September 9, 2021 at 5:12 p.m.

When President Joe Biden announced the end of America's 20-year war in Afghanistan, he also vowed that the fight against terrorism would continue, in Afghanistan and across the globe. For...

A satellite photo provided by Maxar Technologies shows people on the tarmac at Kabul's international airport, also known as Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Aug. 16, 2021. The day after the Afghan president fled and the Taliban installed themselves in the presidential palace, uncertainty reigned and with thousands desperate to flee the country, Kabul's airport was a scene of chaos.

Op-ed: Disinformation sowed our failure in Afghanistan

August 27, 2021 at 11:37 a.m.

America's collapsed experiment in Afghanistan is not the first U.S. foreign policy failure built on a dishonest foundation. But if no one pays for peddling the lies that fueled it,...

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