Institutions — not geography, culture, or other factors — explain why some nations succeed and others fail.

As U.S. and EU leaders prepare for the NATO summit in May, Stewart Patrick and Robin Niblett discuss why NATO will remain important for Europe and the United States even after the war in Afghanistan winds down.

The successful U.S. Navy SEAL attack on Osama bin Laden's compound in Pakistan one year ago offended the Pakistani government and exacerbated the growing tensions between these two countries.

Students protesting education reform in Santiago clash with police.

Survivors and victims families mark the 26th anniversary of the worst nuclear disaster in history.

European Central Bank President Mario Draghi gave no indication on Wednesday that the ECB was poised to provide more support for banks or governments but also said the time was not right to consider rolling back its crisis-fighting measures.

Pakistan's prime minister guilty of contempt of court, but receives no jail time.

An explosion tore through a building in Hama, leaving at least 12 people dead and wounding dozens according the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

A small number of women in Pakistan are throwing aside society's constraints to do the jobs they want from fighting street crime to breaking taboos on TV.

Republican freshman Sen. Marco Rubio called for a more active U.S. foreign policy in a speech at Brookings Institution on Wednesday, criticizing President Obama for "over reliance" on global institutions in dealing with Libya and Syria.

Speaker John Boehner called the scandal involving Secret Service agents in Colombia a 'black mark' on the agency and the country. Boehner spoke on Capitol Hill on Wednesday.

Polls show Americans surveyed see Iran a bigger threat than they did the Soviet Union at the height of the cold war.

Thomas Pickering, a former US ambassador to Israel, spoke on the comments made by Lieutenant-General Benny Gantz, the Israeli military chief.