Despite centuries of efforts to map our planet precisely, our view of the world will always be political and imperfect. Donald Trump’s shocking renaming of the ‘Gulf of America’ is just the latest rem ...

​ Patrick Healy, the deputy Opinion editor, hosted an online conversation with four Times Opinion columnists about how ...

Place names are more than just labels on a map. They influence how people learn about the world around them and perceive ...

New data from the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) and UN Women reveal limited progress in achieving gender equality in ...

Greenland's mineral riches are an increasing focus of the U.S. and, as the vice president recently warned, America's rivals.

Cartography has always shaped worldview and geopolitics, and often for the worse. So it does in the era of Donald Trump.

These questions test your understanding of significant political events, international borders, important treaties, and institutions. To help you revise effectively, we have compiled a list of the ...

At some point in his life, Donald Trump looked at a world map and saw something he wants – something that, as president of the US, he now says he will take “one way or the other.” It’s Greenland, an ...

Ancient Greece has traditionally been periodized into five eras: the Bronze Age, Iron Age, Archaic Age, Classical Age, and Hellenistic Age ...

The U.S. is halfway to the next once-a-decade census, but the Supreme Court is still dealing with lawsuits that grew out of ...

Europe could experience major geopolitical shifts as protests ensue in seven countries, many of which have pro-Russia ...