Whether you’re an Islamist or a liberal, a demonstrator, an activist, or just someone watching a protest, you’re in danger of being arrested by the Egyptian authorities. Not even Mubarak imprisoned this many people this quickly.

Until now, stunned and appalled, the West has been merely reacting to the Kremlin’s moves, however belatedly or inadequately. But now, heading into the March 16 referendum, the liberal democracies seem prepared to accept the Russian annexation of Crimea as a fait accompli.

President Obama has been dragging his feet on deciding the fate of the Keystone pipeline, but a new poll gives him yet another reason to permit the project. A new poll found that 65 percent of Americans are in favor of building it and, more importantly for Obama’s midterm political calculus, that support is to some extent bipartisan.

India is looking to boost domestic arms manufacturers in a bid to reduce reliance on foreign suppliers. With tensions rising with both China and Pakistan, it’s not hard to see why.

A long-awaited court ruling on the constitutionality of Kansas’ massive education spending cuts ended with a punt. For now, at least, Governor Brownback’s education reforms look set to survive.

As Crimea awaits Sunday’s referendum on whether or not to join Russia, some warn that a simmering Jihadist threat could turn the peninsula into the next Chechnya.

The New York Times laid out the business case for telework recently. While the Gray Lady hit most of the key reasons employers and employees stand to gain from the increasingly popular practice, she missed the bigger picture.

Unite Here has gone from friendly petitioning over the ACA to outright opposition. With union leaders and conservatives now committed to opposing the ACA in its current form, what group will join the opposition next?

An unlikely new anti-corruption leader in Nigeria wears bow ties, speaks softly and was, until recently, the governor of the central bank. What got him fired? Daring to ask what happened to $20 billion in missing oil money.

The Chinese foreign minister trotted out a stronger line on territorial disputes with its neighbors over the weekend. It’s almost as if China senses that the U.S. is too preoccupied with events elsewhere to offer a coherent response.