The recent high-profile targets of Xi’s party purge are members of the military, suggesting that the next leg of his road to secure power goes right over the PLA.

The Middle East is on fire, and Asia is immersed in a Game of Thrones. But deceptively quiet Europe may actually the seat of some of our biggest challenges abroad.

The private oncology practice is going extinct as hospitals absorb previously independent cancer doctors. The result is a treatment regime that is more expensive for the patient.

The Iranian nuclear deadline has come and gone without a deal. Talks are set to be extended for another seven months. It’s great news for Iran, less so for Western leaders unwilling to reconsider a failed policy.

The midterms may not be encouraging an opening of minds in the Administration.

Ukraine’s cash reserves are running very low, and one prominent economist cautions it not to waste that money on insolvent banks and gas bills in arrears to Moscow, no matter how much doing so will hurt.

A murky Chinese firm is behind the Nicaraguan Canal project, which breaks ground next month. The degree to which the PLA is involved in this project should keep U.S. strategists on their toes.

Chinese ships are developing a reef in the Spratly Islands into a major airstrip and a naval port, according to a recent defense report.

If there is one thing that has become clear since the end of the Cold War, it is that the United States needs to raise its game in foreign policy. The United States Congress has to be part of the solution.

Kuwait has a novel solution to the problem of stateless workers. But the Gulf has a long record of mistreating its labor force—which is undermining its efforts at soft power.