Turkey’s ambitious foreign policy has turned into a train wreck. Rather than dominating the Middle East, as its leaders had hoped, Turkey is more isolated and carries less regional influence than in a long time. Here is why a President Erdogan will be unlikely to reboot Turkish foreign policy, and why he may be forced to continue to look inward.

Russia is finding ways to circumvent the U.S. and EU energy sanctions by signing deals with firms from Japan, Switzerland, and Norway.

Terror attacks in Istanbul and oaths of allegiance in Indonesia: Muslim democracies far from Iraq and Syria are beginning to worry.

A recent SEC filing paints a grim picture for China’s state-owned offshore oil company CNOOC, whose reserves seem to be rapidly running out. Energy concerns may play a larger role in Beijing’s South China Sea aggression than previously thought.

Hungary’s Viktor Orbán has openly renounced Western-style democracy for the nationalist authoritarianism of Putin’s Russia.

The quickly-warming relationship between Israel and Egypt was the defining dynamic in the Gaza war. Washington was forced to play second fiddle.

Syria, Libya, Iraq, Egypt…why have Arab states had such a hard time of it lately? And would Palestine, if it were to become the newest Arab state, fare any better?

India has sent an advanced warship on a “good will mission” to Vietnam, but the operation is probably better described as a subtle warning sign to China.

The Obama Administration has spent five years and $11 billion pursuing a grand high-speed rail scheme. The result is a boondoggle of massive proportions.

While South Korea and Japan currently build most of the world’s liquified natural gas (LNG) ships, China hopes to produce one-fifth of the world’s growing fleet over the next six years.