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The shock of the new, in political life, often sends us back to the past in search of an intellectual compass.

Whatever the eventual outcome of the genocide case, it sets up an epic battle over the meaning and values of the so-called rules-based order.

Some well-meaning U.S. efforts to help Taiwan may end up provoking China when we should be trying to lower tensions.

Long lines have popped up in Russia and beyond to get Boris B. Nadezhdin, an antiwar candidate, onto the ballot for Russia’s presidential election in March.

Israel has been at war with Hamas for over 100 days and still has over 100 hostages to recover, but Netanyahu’s No. 1 focus is Netanyahu.

A wave of elections coincides with state influence operations, a surge of extremism, A.I. advances and a pullback in social media protections.

Over the past 15 years, the Upper Midwest has seen a remarkable state-by-state sorting of voters along partisan lines.

The dissatisfaction with the presidential front-runners among a key coalition of voters — who may vote third party or not at all — poses a serious threat to the president’s re-election effort.

Gov. Mike DeWine’s veto of the bill, which also prohibited transgender girls and women from sports teams that correspond with their gender identity, is a rare move by a Republican governor.

An “integrated care center” brings doctors, physiotherapists, social workers and pharmacists under one roof. It won’t solve Britain’s underlying social care crisis — but it could help.

Ending off-year elections will make races more competitive, increasing voter power and diminishing the role of special interests.

Despite legal reservations, policymakers are weighing the consequences of using $300 billion in Russian assets to help Kyiv’s war effort.

The sit-in shut down Poland’s main public news station, a possible harbinger of battles to come as the party voted out of power tries to keep its grip on state institutions.

F.B.I. agents scrutinizing Rudolph W. Giuliani’s efforts to oust the American ambassador to Ukraine thought financial problems might be motivating his actions.

Aleksei A. Navalny, the imprisoned opposition leader, did not appear at a court hearing two weeks ago and has not been heard from since. His allies are trying desperately to find him.

Disenchanted by the prospect for peace after a devastating terrorist attack, Israelis are becoming more conservative in their politics.