Andrew Cuomo’s plan to cut taxes for Wall Street is touching of a battle within the Democratic party. The left loves to demonize Wall Street, but it’s also dependent on its tax dollars to keep big government running.

Tunisia’s adoption of a liberal constitution is not the end of the story for the most successful of the Arab Spring nations. Its government is cracking down hard on Islamist militants, and though it appears to be having some success, it would be a mistake to think its future is secure.

The “Gujarat miracle”—is it fact, as Narendra Modi’s supporters would have you believe? Or fiction and “hype”, as his critics argue? Studying Modi’s record in Gujarat is key to understanding the man who might one day lead the world’s largest democracy.

Bin Laden is dead but his mission survives. Jihadis today operate differently than they did in the last decade, and in new areas like Mali and Syria. The threat from these groups has changed but not diminished.

While the world feigned indignation and outrage when Edward Snowden’s revelations first put the spotlight on countries spying on each other, it hardly cones as a surprise that other countries do it too. The latest controversy arose as the Indian parliament proceeded to investigate a Chinese firm on snooping charges. Livemint reports: India has launched an […]

Business schools are in trouble: demand is falling, fewer students are applying, and their product is frequently of dubious quality. Are we looking at the next higher-ed bubble?

China attempts to claim disputed islands in the East China Sea with a new strategy: beer can advertising.

Charter school students are more likely to graduate high school, go to college, and earn more money than students at traditional public schools, according to a new study. After years of inconclusive studies, a growing literature suggests that charter students do, in fact, perform better than their peers.

Edward Snowden’s exploits have been nothing more than a reckless self-indulgence with disastrous consequences. Those who still hail him as a hero only expose their own naivety about the world we all live in.

Shinzo Abe, Japan’s most right-wing prime minister in years, is set to make a big step forward toward the policy goal he holds near and dear to his heart: changing the country’s decades-old pacifist constitution.