As President Obama lands in stormy East Asia, China and South Korea prepare more lawsuits against Japanese companies stemming from WWII atrocities.

Pakistan allowed a Saudi prince to kill over 2000 protected birds as a gesture of friendship between the two countries.

Bulgaria is the most dovish of all the European countries on Russia, according to a new report. Its dovishness has a lot to do with its cultural ties to Russia, which have also allowed Russian organized crime to get a solid foothold in state institutions. Is this what Ukraine will look like a decade down the line?

Hundreds of civilians are being killed in South Sudan in an upsurge of ethnic violence. The same ethnic tensions that ripped South Sudan away from the north are now tearing it apart as well.

The City of Angels has more demons than many would care to admit. Is Mayor Eric Garcetti the man to stave off the city’s looming blue disasters?

Turkish soccer fans are up in arms over a new law mandating that tickets be purchased through a bank with ties to Erdogan’s family. The government says the new system will curb violence, but many believe it is aiming to keep tabs on anti-government protests at sporting events.

In mid-April, American Interest publisher Charles Davidson spoke with Hermitage Capital co-founder and CEO William Browder about the ongoing impact of the Magnitsky Act, which he championed, amid the Ukraine crisis and the intensifying worldwide fight against financial corruption.

Meet Dmytro Firtash: Ukrainian gas tycoon, middleman, and political fixer. The extent to which he and people like him are involved in governing Ukraine after May 25 can tell us a lot about how different things will be under a new administration.

San Bernardino is fighting to reduce the $17 million debt it owes to the Calpers pension fund. This isn’t just about the money: A victory for San Bernardino would spell trouble for pension funds around the country.

Shinzo Abe’s visit to the Yasukuni Shrine and China’s seizure of a Japanese ship over a 1930s-era debt have heated up the region in advance of President Obama’s visit.