Headlines and Highlights

Who will lead the United Nations

John Bolton, Wall Street Journal

The race to succeed Ban Ki-moon as United Nations secretary-general is well under way. With important American interests on the line, we should welcome a competent manager, rather than an ideologue.

The future of the chrysanthemum throne

Michael Auslin, Wall Street Journal

When Emperor Akihito on Monday announced indirectly his desire to abdicate, it marked the beginning of the end of Japan’s first modern imperial reign.

India’s misguided name games

Sadanand Dhume, Wall Street Journal

Confident countries don’t need to boost their pride by fiddling with city names.

Putin eats Obama’s lunch, and is ready to eat Clinton or Trump’s too

Marc A. Thiessen, AEIdeas

The Russian military intervention in Syria has been a rousing success for Russia, Iran and the Assad regime – and a devastating setback for the U.S. This is bad enough. But the sad part is, it will only get worse under the next president.

Brazil’s socialist party and left-wing allies tarred by new revelations

Roger F. Noriega, AEIdeas

Brazil’s crony-socialism model is the biggest casualty of the ongoing anti-corruption offensive.

How diplomatic shortsightedness a decade ago empowers Hezbollah today

Michael Rubin, AEIdeas

The question is not whether a new Israel-Hezbollah conflict will occur, but how many orders of magnitude greater the damage will be when it does.