Crossing Borders

To attract more foreign workers into its waning labor market, Emirati leaders have introduced reforms that risk alienating -- and angering -- their native citizens.

International and domestic factors will push new Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador to leave his predecessor's immigration policy largely intact.

The White House's trade tactics likely will not face a congressional challenge, although new House leadership may force the Trump administration to change its approaches to Saudi Arabia and immigration.

Cutting U.S. assistance to Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador -- as President Donald Trump has threatened to do -- could prompt the three countries to seek more aid from China.

The Sweden Democrats could go a long way to determining Stockholm's future attitudes to immigration and NATO if the populist party can garner the votes to tip the balance of power.

The German coalition government has settled on a strategy for reducing immigration, but it will require the cooperation of countries, such as Italy, Spain and Greece, that may be unwilling to go along with the plan.

The regional divides among European Union members were on full display during the most recent migration summit, and though countries ultimately reached an agreement, it didn't solve many of the biggest struggles the bloc is facing.

Segments of Germany's ruling coalition are pushing for a more drastic plan to deal with economic migrants and asylum seekers, and the resulting conflict mirrors the larger debate over immigration among EU members.

A good education is an investment for the future wherever you are in the world. For global powers, offering top-notch schooling to children of other countries' rulers also represents a way to win their hearts and minds - which can be a critical political tool further down the road.