The solid international recognition of Juan Guaidó's presidency does not change the fact that Nicolás Maduro controls the territory, public institutions, security forces, and resources. Therefore, the opposition must make a realistic effort to reformulate the conflict, write Abraham Lowenthal and David Smilde.

We must apply all the good work we have done about promoting equality and justice abroad, right here at home, especially when it comes to women’s rights, write C. Steven McGann and Sahana Dharmapuri.

Addressing domestic issues such as those raised by the Black Lives Matter movement is not only crucial for people seeking justice, but are quintessential for enhancing the country’s international legitimacy, credibility, and power, writes Sohaela Amiri

The United States seems to be taking plays out of the South American oppressors’ handbook on its own citizens, something I never thought I’d see in America, writes Samantha Pettigrew.

While Beijing’s most recent threat to Hong Kong will likely end most vestiges of the “one country, two systems” policy, the Special Administrative Region appeared to have already arrived at a critical juncture in its political decline, write Brandon Alexander Millan and Joel S. Fetzer.

As the Covid-19 pandemic becomes increasingly deadly, it is clear that its disproportionate effect on African Americans has highlighted yet another consequence of institutionalized racism in America. Less attention has been paid as to why the same historical discrimination is a broader national security problem subsuming not only public health but other considerations as well, write Jerrold Green and Michael Lawson.

We must address the extremely vulnerable situation of agricultural workers during the COVID-19 pandemic, writes Marcela Celorio, consul general of Mexico in Los Angeles.