The Kremlin is trying to erase Russia’s collective memory. It won’t succeed.
Memorial isn't just another Russian civil society organization
By Vladimir Kara-MurzaDecember 22, 2021A new generation of vaccines could turn covid-19 from a pandemic to just a problem
On top of the extraordinary biomedical achievements of the mRNA vaccines, efforts are underway to discover and develop new vaccines and other therapies for a second and third wave of pandemic response.
By Editorial BoardDecember 22, 2021On invading Ukraine, Putin approaches a point of no return
It's not NATO's response Mr. Putin fears. It's the development of a successful, Western-oriented democracy in Kyiv.
By Editorial BoardDecember 22, 2021Brave Afghans who served with me and others are in danger. Our government can’t let them die.
For my friends and other Afghan allies, it is humanitarian parole or eventual deportation and death.
By Jayson HarpsterDecember 22, 2021Peng Shuai’s new statements fit a pattern in China. The world mustn’t fall for it.
Chinese authorities regularly employ coerced appearances of high-profile dissidents and those close to them to quiet international outrage.
By Suzanne Nossel and James TagerDecember 22, 2021The center right is collapsing globally. It has only two options for survival.
The same fissures in the old conservative coalition that plague the GOP appear in virtually every other modern democracy.
By Henry OlsenDecember 22, 2021Don’t fall for the hype. Italy is no ‘country of the year.’
Unfortunately, the reports of Italy’s rebirth are greatly exaggerated.
By Mattia FerraresiDecember 22, 2021How Western tech companies are helping Russia censor the Internet
Russia is using Western tech companies to shore up its control of information.
By Andrei Soldatov and Irina BoroganDecember 21, 2021Putin wants us to negotiate over the heads of our allies. Washington shouldn’t fall for it.
A return to Yalta is the last thing that the world needs now.
By Michael McFaulDecember 21, 2021Mr. Blinken, you can pick up the phone and save a Palestinian village from destruction
What's happening in Walajeh is an extreme symptom of Israeli policy in East Jerusalem.
By Gershom GorenbergDecember 21, 2021YouTube stars work for China now
President Xi Jinping's regime is spreading propaganda by recruiting foreigners.
By Editorial BoardDecember 21, 2021Canada has strict gun laws. Why is Trudeau trying to soften enforcement?
Canada has arrived at a place of weird harmony between right and left.
By J.J. McCulloughDecember 21, 2021Chile’s election produces a victory for the left. Democracy was a winner, too.
The country carried out the election freely and transparently — and the loser immediately conceded defeat.
By Editorial BoardDecember 20, 2021How Biden can jump-start his stagnant Venezuela policy
The administration should give Venezuela’s human rights and humanitarian crisis the urgent attention it requires.
By Geoff RamseyDecember 20, 2021The torment of hope in the time of the plague
We all desperately want to return to normal life, but the virus has other ideas.
By Max BootDecember 20, 2021The Biden administration weighs backing Ukraine insurgents if Russia invades
A problem that bedeviled the United States in Iraq and Afghanistan could be Putin's problem if he orders troops to enter Ukraine.
By David IgnatiusDecember 19, 2021The United States still has promises to keep in Afghanistan
A clear and present danger threatens the country: economic privation, bordering on starvation.
By Editorial BoardDecember 18, 2021Finally there could be an opportunity for truth and justice in Oswaldo Payá’s death
The death of the pro-democracy activist will now get an open hearing at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.
By Kerry KennedyDecember 17, 2021Hospitals are collapsing in Afghanistan. At this rate sanctions will kill more people than the Taliban.
Existing sanctions must be modified to ensure that all health services are available to all Afghans.
By Paul SpiegelDecember 16, 2021Hong Kong’s freedom fighters need our help
We must show them they are not fighting alone.
By Josh RoginDecember 16, 2021