How the pragmatists interpret the crisis over Ukraine.

Europe’s migration crisis is not over. It is spreading.

What I saw—and didn’t see—at the PEGIDA rally.

By the end of 2014 the pragmatists recognized that their narratives needed revising, but they still couldn’t recognize the sources of Russia’s deep domestic decay.

The UK’s Foreign Secretary has accused Beijing of a “serious breach” of its agreement over Hong Kong.

The leadership in Pyongyang may be inscrutable, but its actions are far from irrational.

The second installment in a four-part series on the strategy traps that the next President cannot escape. This one deals with the legacy of two wars. Read the first one, “The Simultaneity Trap,” here.

Years too late, the former U.S. Treasury Secretary and the ECB finally agree that “Big Bills” are a problem.

How to make friends and influence people on the other side of the aisle.

A massive corruption scandal, a reeling pro-European government, and a breakaway region currently home to Russian troops: All the ingredients are in place for a crisis on NATO’s southern flank.