Tamara Chergoleishvili, a politician from Georgia’s pro-Western Federalist Party, did not bother attending her court hearing last week. She already knew the outcome. The Tbilisi City Court fined her $1,500 for “insulting” two senior officials of the ruling Georgian Dream party on social media. Under legislative amendments rushed through Parliament in February, Georgians can now […]

On June 12, Afghan Special Immigrant Visa applicant Sayed Naser was arrested by masked Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials outside an immigration courtroom in San Diego. Before Naser’s arrest, government officials motioned to dismiss his asylum case. Naser’s arrival in the United States came on the heels of years of fear and uncertainty following the […]

ADEN, Yemen — President Donald Trump accepts no diplomatic straitjacket. During his first term, he feted North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un and moved the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem. Sometimes, breaking diplomatic china pays off. Trump deserves credit for the Abraham Accords, even if the Nobel Committee’s blacklisting of the president will forever dash his […]

You may have noticed that for the last few months, talks of tariffs seem to have settled down. Of course, part of the driving force behind this comparative silence is that days feel like weeks, weeks feel like months, and months feel like years in our world of Trumpian news cycles, fueled by world-changing events […]