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A medical worker looks out from the window of a changing room after treating coronavirus patients at a hospital in Wuhan, China, on March 19, 2020.

Commentary: While U.S. plays blame game in coronavirus crisis, China shows leadership

March 26, 2020 at 1:59 p.m.

"Never let a serious crisis go to waste," Rahm Emanuel advised in the midst of the 2008 financial meltdown. It's advice that China appears to have taken to heart. For...

A couple kisses at the Barcelona airport in Spain on March 12, 2020.

Commentary: Trump calls the coronavirus a ‘foreign virus,’ exposing his flawed worldview

March 12, 2020 at 4:39 p.m.

First it was the China virus. Now it's the Europe virus (or maybe the EU virus). One thing's for sure: It's a foreign virus, not an American virus. At least...

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during the 56th Munich Security Conference in southern Germany on Feb. 15, 2020.

Commentary: Are the US and Europe destined for splitsville?

February 27, 2020 at 2:24 p.m.

The alliance between the United States and Europe is broken. That much became clear over three days of intensive discussions in Munich earlier this month. To be sure, it can...

People wear protective masks as they walk in a nearly empty commercial street on Feb. 12, 2020, in Beijing.

Commentary: China’s secrecy has made the coronavirus crisis much worse

February 13, 2020 at 10:06 a.m.

For eight years, China's President Xi Jinping has trumpeted his country's increasingly authoritarian system as a grand model for other developing countries to follow. No doubt, China has seen an...

A pedestrian talks on a cellphone near a Huawei product stand in central London on April 29, 2019.

Commentary: Britain sticks with Huawei for 5G — and jeopardizes the Five Eyes alliance

January 30, 2020 at 4:55 p.m.

This was the week Britain broke not only with Europe but also with the United States. Its exit Friday from the European Union had become inevitable after Boris Johnson's electoral...

President Donald Trump speaks Jan. 9, 2020, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, where he made a proposal for NATO expansion into the Middle East.

Commentary: After stirring up the Middle East, Trump now wants NATO’s help? That’s rich.

January 16, 2020 at 4:22 p.m.

President Donald Trump has come up with a new solution for the Middle East, a region that has embroiled the United States for decades in conflict and war. "I think...

President Donald Trump speaks about the situation with Iran on Jan. 8, 2020, at the White House.

Commentary: War averted (for now), Trump should overhaul Iran strategy

January 8, 2020 at 7:02 p.m.

Iran's missile attack on two U.S. air bases in Iraq was the latest step bringing the United States and Iran to the brink of war. Yet, rather than escalating after...

President Donald Trump, left, and China's President Xi Jinping during a news conference at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Nov. 9, 2017.

Commentary: People around the world will demand change in 2020. Will global leaders be up to the challenge?

January 2, 2020 at 9:44 p.m.

Foreign policy wasn't taking a back seat as the year ended and we started the third decade of this turbulent century. In Iraq, the U.S. killed Iran's Gen. Qassem Soleimani...

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson, center, talks to newly-elected Conservative members of Parliament in Westminster Hall in the Palace of Westminster in London on Dec. 16, 2019.

Commentary: Boris Johnson is getting Brexit done. But then what?

December 19, 2019 at 11:57 a.m.

Boris Johnson's resounding electoral victory last week settles one important issue: The United Kingdom will now leave the European Union on Jan. 31, as scheduled. But it leaves open three...

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, front left, talks with President Donald Trump at the end of the NATO summit near London on Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2019. Behind them are, from left, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban.

Commentary: NATO at 70: Cracks in alliance are significant

January 16, 2020 at 4:23 p.m.

There are really only three ways NATO could end: ? The United States, NATO's most powerful member, could walk away. ? Europe, led by one of the continent's larger and...

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