Political Report

Amy Chua reviews Ezra Klein’s "Why We’re Polarized" and Michael Lind’s "The New Class War."

A number of countries—China and Russia, in particular—are turning corruption into a weapon on the global stage.

In dealing with Vladimir Putin's Russia, U.S. interests will be better protected by an activist policy that couples a strong defense with an open hand.

Over the years to come, the pandemic could lead to the United States’ relative decline, the continued erosion of the liberal international order, and a resurgence of fascism around the globe.

The virus has exposed that American democracy has lost its way in terms of its capacity to find a common purpose.

The killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer has thrust the United States into an uncomfortable light, as people around the world have taken to the streets to decry American racism

This chart shows the percent disparity between each state's African American population and percentage of blacks killed by police in 2019.

This chart shows National Guard deployments in response to protests, by state.

This chart shows the rate of registered guns per 1,000 residents by U.S. state.

This chart shows the world leaders with the most followers on Twitter.

This chart represents government approval rates in the United Kingdom.

This chart shows the types of force used by Minneapolis police and percent share based on ethnicity between 2015-2020.

This charts shows stats related to the British National Overseas passport for Hong Kong citizens and the proposed extension of the BNO program (as of June 4, 2020).

This chart shows the most and least popular U.S. senators.

This chart shows military expenditures by the U.S., China and Russia since 1992.

This chart shows how registered U.S. voters feel things are in their country.

This chart shows the countries hosting the most active-duty U.S. troops deployed overseas.

This chart shows the percentage of U.S. adults who say George Floyd's killing is part of broader problems in the treatment of African Americans by police.

This chart shows the share of people who experienced discrimination due to the following characteristics in 2019 .

This chart shows the percentage of voters who would vote for each candidate if the election were today.

This chart shows the percent of U.S. adults who say the use of facial recognition tech in the following situations is acceptable or not acceptable.

Beijing’s advice follows caution to tourists to stay away after Canberra’s push for an inquiry into origins of Covid-19 angered Beijing.

Washington’s moves so far to restrict China’s access to US capital markets are ‘skirmishes’ rather than start of all-out financial war, analysts say.

The announcement comes as a nuclear arms reduction treaty between Washington and Moscow – the New START Treaty – is set to expire in February.

Soldiers and equipment transported from central province of Hubei to an unspecified location in northwest, according to state media.