War reporting has always been difficult and dangerous work. But as freelancers have replaced staff writers at cash-strapped news organizations, it’s time to think about how to provide them with a level of support and training necessary to maintain the quality of journalism we rely on as a society.

Can Martin Heidegger’s Nazism and antisemitism be separated out from his philosophical project?

Japan is keen to exploit large reserves of natural gas trapped in “ice cages” along the ocean floor. Its desperation for a new source of energy could drive the next global energy revolution.

More and more political scientists are abandoning Washington’s democracy promotion efforts. Experts increasingly think that such efforts are too complicated, too messy, and way too expensive—and often don’t work, anyway.

Nigeria’s crisis deepens: The government can’t seem to find hundreds of kidnapped girls, and Boko Haram is extending its reach outside the country’s northeast.

Coursera is setting up “hubs” on college campuses, where MOOC students can interact and talk to tutors. Is this a preview of MOOCs’ future role in higher education?

Texas’s population and economy are both booming, but its roads and water infrastructure are overburdened by the influx of new residents. For a state with firm small-government convictions, solving this infrastructure problem will be tricky.

The EU’s energy commissioner voiced support for a bloc-wide energy union to negotiate better prices for Russian gas. Such a move would bolster the bloc’s economy, but it would also galvanize the member countries at a time when the EU desperately needs to present a unified front in opposition to Russian aggression.

Make no mistake, Erdogan is a masterful and pragmatic politician. He may occasionally miscalculate, but he never plays a card without some calculation of a return.

Suicide bombs, IEDs, a worsening energy crisis—the news from Egypt is not good these days. But somehow the country is hanging on, for the time being.