Putin is in a far better position than many Western policymakers and pundits seem to realize. And turning the tables on him won’t be easy.

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A new report shows that the federal government and civil service are caught in a self-made cycle of failure and decay. Have the blue chickens come home to roost?

After two years, most employers still don’t know what MOOCs are. But a new study suggests that companies are broadly on board with using online courses as an employee training tool.

An Air France flight in Paris was quarantined because of ebola fears. How far will this deadly outbreak spread?

New research suggests that late-life workers are happier than those who retire earlier. Perhaps the whole way we conceptualize work is wrong.

Next week the Obama Administration will release data on reimbursement rates for Medicare doctors. It’s a good start, but there are many more price transparency battles to be won.

A suburb of Sydney is the latest farflung city to be dragged into the debate over the legacy of the “comfort women,” girls and women who were forced into sex slavery by the Japanese military during WWII.

Is Obama losing the trust of the Democratic foreign policy establishment over his response to Ukraine?

Pope Francis’ example of simplicity is leading to less clerical decadence on the local level. It looks like he still has some PR tricks up his sleeve.