President Obama’s record of miscalculation in the Middle East continues with Yemen going up in flames. But the White House appears unflustered.

Competency at managing the economy during a rough few years, and a stable and familiar hand at the helm: that’s the pitch Conservatives—and to a certain extent the Liberal Democrats—have for the United Kingdom’s voters in a few weeks.

A major water crisis demonstrates just how poorly the Mullahs are running Iran.

Sri Lanka’s recovery from decades of civil war has some observers approvingly citing a “Sri Lankan option” for defeating guerrilla fighters. But its fragile peace came at a very high price.

A tense standoff between the Ukrainian government and a powerful regional governor oligarch over control of state energy assets has begun. The outcome of the standoff could provide the good insight as to whether the Ukrainian state has any chance of success going forward.

What good are nukes if you can’t actually use them? The Kremlin tries to figure out how to make its expensive arsenal pay dividends.

People often forget that Likud—with Netanyahu as finance minister—is largely responsible for transforming Israel away from its ‘blue model’ roots to a ‘start-up nation’. With a strong coalition behind him, Netanyahu could well push the transformation further.

President Obama has pulled off the unimaginable: he has gotten the GOP and a French Socialist government on the same page.

The Greek bailout meeting, which looked to have proceeded amicably enough, nevertheless ended in yet another surreal mess.

Moscow’s many stated reasons for fighting in Ukraine are either false or incoherent. Its actual goals, unfortunately, preclude a tidy and quick resolution ever taking hold.