The Chinese President is in Islamabad, inking infrastructure investment deals worth billions of dollars. Will China succeed where the U.S. has failed?

Europeans are floating plans that are unlikely to be adopted, and President Obama is beseeching Gulf states to save Libya. The lack of planning for what would follow Qaddafi’s ouster on the part of Western leaders has been hard to understand.

A lasting legacy for a minor party may not always come through the holding of power, but by how successfully it forces a major party to alter course. That is likely to be UKIP’s contribution to history.

Are we looking at the first steps towards a direct shooting war between Iran and Saudi Arabia?

Congress takes a big step toward granting President Obama “fast track” authority to negotiate the TPP agreement, but the big fight is yet to come.

Bored of writing about the Kim regime’s antics, two veteran journalists offer a rich portrait of ordinary life in North Korea—how people dress, date, work, and play.

Greece is running out of money fast, and is even trying to weasel out of upcoming payments to the IMF. Yet, at the same time, it’s negotiating with Russia to buy S-300 missiles.

During his annual call-in show, Vladimir Putin predicted that Russia’s economy will recover in less than two years. Place your bets now, folks.

The Security Council has passed (with Russia’s abstention) an arms embargo on the Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen.

The humble Jewish peddler, in bringing his wares to the hinterlands of the new world, played a surprisingly important role in shaping modern American society.