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If Russia’s war in Ukraine ends in triumph for the West, could Ukraine, with all of its manifold problems—vast devastation of... Read More

Concern is growing in Taiwan, in the United States, and among U.S. allies in Asia that China is preparing to attack Taiwan in the near... Read More

That gets at why 20 years of independence on the part of the three Baltic countries – Estonia, Lithuania, and Latvia – created a... Read More

When I first went to Saudi Arabia more than 20 years ago, everything was black and white—literally. Saudi women were rarely seen... Read More

Russia and Iran signed a mutual trade agreement this week, establishing trade centers in Saint Petersburg and Tehran. The... Read More

(CNN)In 2019, then-presidential candidate Joe Biden made it unmistakably clear he'd had it with Saudi Arabia. Angry over Crown Prince... Read More

In the first 100 days of Russia’s war on Ukraine, European public opinion helped to solidify Europe’s political response. But a... Read More

The Russian president realises he must pick his fights carefully. Just as well, because the challenges keep coming.   Read More

Turkey's strategy in blocking Sweden's and Finland’s NATO memberships could soon start to pay off. Read More

The parliamentary election proves the French President has lost the public trust. His party needs nothing less than a renaissance   Read More

It felt like a historic occasion when the leaders of Europe’s largest states, Germany, Italy and France, finally visited Kyiv last... Read More

President Joe Biden is right to be clear that the U.S. will defend Taiwan if the People’s Republic of China attacks it, notwithstanding... Read More

Putin’s attitude toward history may at first glance seem contradictory. On one hand, he is a diehard traditionalist who gives... Read More

Over the past two years, Ethiopia has been ravaged by ethnic violence and cleansing, near endless war, and a country collapsing on sectarian... Read More

As Russia’s all-out war of aggression in Ukraine drags on for a fourth consecutive month, calls for dangerous deals are getting louder.... Read More

As countries around the globe are setting ambitious targets to reduce their dependency on fossil fuels, many will remain reliant on oil and... Read More

Slavery has been illegal in the United States for nearly 160 years. And yet, over the past two decades, American businesses and consumers... Read More

The regime of Bashar Assad is apparently deeply involved in the trade of synthetic drugs. German investigators have now found proof that... Read More

Those who cling to pacifism in the face of the Russian attack on Ukraineremain caught in their own version of “imagine”.... Read More

How would American foreign policy look different today if Trump’s attempted coup had succeeded? Had Trump held onto... Read More

Joe Biden, who became the oldest U.S. president on the day he entered office, had a chance to become a very consequential one-termer.... Read More

In the West, high inflation has forced many economic policymakers to turn hawkish. America’s Federal Reserve, for example, felt... Read More

The June 12 decision by Iraqi Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr to renounce his electoral victory and collapse the government formation process is... Read More

President Emmanuel Macron’s loss of a majority in France’s parliament means that little will get done in terms of domestic... Read More

Pakistan’s government is talking with the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), sparking fears about what the state is prepared to negotiate... Read More

France could plunge the eurozone into its next crisis   Read More