The Time Is Ripe to Amend Japan’s Pacifist Constitution
Prime Minister Shinzō Abe wants 2020 to be the year that Japan’s military becomes enshrined in its Constitution.
Give Your Transgender Student a Cake
And familiarize them with the new toilets
Russia Is Pushing Europe to Hike Military Spending
And CEOs of German arms makers are feeling optimistic.
The Best Excuse for an Offense Is a Good Defense
Japan and Germany are turning their defensive needs into offensive capabilities.
Russia and China Finding Ways to Avoid the U.S. Dollar
It is becoming easier to imagine the coming post-American financial order.
Ridiculed: Vice President Pence’s Prudent Policy
Is never eating ‘alone with a woman other than his wife’ equivalent to sexism?
What Does an Election Without Voters Look Like?
Answer: Hong Kong
Japan Throws Off Its Defense Spending Limits
With the finance minister in hand, Abe has made the 1 percent limit no more.
Should Germany Have Nukes?
For decades in Germany, talking about nuclear weapons was taboo. Today, it’s necessary.
Why France’s Presidential Elections Are Significant
The outsider vs. the newcomer
A Wound for Israel From the UN Website
The United Nations accuses Israel of being an ‘apartheid’ state, then quickly retracts it—damage done.
How America’s Courts Are Threatening the Rule of Law
With the Supreme Court unwilling to rule on Second Amendment gun rights, the lower Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals took the law into its own hands.
Why North Korea Gets Away With Firing Missiles at Japan
‘The four ballistic rockets launched simultaneously are so accurate that they look like acrobatic flying corps in formation.’ —Kim Jong-un
Japan Opens Door to Third Term for Prime Minister Shinzō Abe
Would an extra three years enable Abe to amend Japan’s constitution?
The Next Eurozone Crisis—And How Europe Will React
The European Union now faces a new multi-faceted disaster that threatens its very existence: EU leaders won’t let that crisis go to waste.
Geert Wilders Predicts a ‘Patriotic Spring’ for Europe
The first tremors of a political earthquake hit Europe.
Writing ForeignPolicy.com Analysis—Decades in Advance
Did the Plain Truth and the Trumpet scoop one of the world’s most respected analysis websites?
Who Will Mexico Trade With Now?
As relations with its biggest trade partner get shaky, where will Mexico turn?
Höcke: Germans Should Stop Feeling Ashamed of History
A rising German politician says Germany’s attitude toward its Nazi past was a ‘stupid … policy.’
The Fragility of Goodness
The story of Hitler, Bulgaria’s Jews and a few (extra)ordinary citizens.
Relativism and the Origins of ‘Post-truth’
The world has always questioned truth and has rarely recognized it.
Will Brexit Solve All of Britain’s Problems?
A look at the optimism of Britain’s vindicated euroskeptics
Germany Wants Nukes
For years talking about nuclear weapons was taboo in Germany. Today it’s necessary.
The Return of Pacifist Armies
If Japan and Germany have ‘peace’ constitutions, why do they have troops abroad?
