The blow to German Chancellor Angela Merkel could spell the beginning of the end for a union with open borders.

At a moment when we should stand united, rising right-wing parties and even some of Angela Merkel’s allies are dividing Germany and Europe.

“We are being forced to leave our homeland for the unknown.”

It would create jobs for would-be immigrants and a climate of civility between nations.

Toomas Hendrik Ilves is an Estonian politician who served as president from 2006 to 2016.

Aiming to spread democracy, the U.S. has meddled in foreign countries’ politics for decades. Russia just returned the favor.

We are seeing “old tactics with new tools” ― but this time turned against America.

A disconnect has emerged between authority and influence, between the established platforms of informed public debate and the sway of social media.

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The idea of the nation as an inclusive community of all citizens is being tossed aside in favor of an officially sanctioned version of nationalism.

Haroon Janjua is a freelance investigative reporter based in Pakistan. He has previously written for The Friday Times, and won numerous awards for his reporting in Sout

But it all ends badly. History has not absolved the personalist rule of Fidel Castro or any of the others who took the populist path to power.