Swedish membership in NATO would foil Russia’s objectives and enhance the security and stability of the region. Those who think otherwise have fallen for a Russian propaganda narrative.

Germany’s “Watchful Waiting” is the watchword for the Continent.

What’s really going on—if anything—with the Hamas-Israel deal reported to be in the offing?

Failed American policies have helped create the global refugee crisis, which sees migrants drowning in the hulls of boats bound for Europe.

Ian Bremmer argues that America should tender its resignation as the world’s superpower. But becoming Clark Kent, permanently, is not sound strategy.

NATO’s newest members aren’t spending enough on defense, and what is being spent on defense isn’t being spent wisely or well.

Iran and Russia better move fast if they want to save their client Assad.

Can Europe’s leaders muster up enough nerve not to fight economic modernization?

Chinese President Xi has found in Confucianism (as he understands it) an ideology useful to the construction of a Chinese model of modernity—which is intended to contribute to the task of empire-building.

There are better answers to the North American gas glut than building multi-billion dollar LNG terminals along U.S. coasts to export it.