Israel’s Prime Minister is a wildly successful statesman who is nonetheless widely disliked. What accounts for this?

An escalating sanctions war, a series of unpopular economic reforms, and elite discontent threaten to embolden Putin’s critics and discredit his “besieged fortress” narrative.

A combination of nostalgia, geopolitical blindness, and weak institutions has countries like Slovakia feeling increasingly drawn to Moscow.

In a searing new book, Ian Kearns reckons with the European Union’s many failures—and offers a disturbing prediction of its collapse.

New U.S. sanctions will impose steep economic costs on Putin for his malign activities, hammering an already battered Russian economy.

Government analysts say most security cooperation programs don’t work. Does Congress care? 

For the Russian President and his team, social security reform is no walk in the park.

Damon Centola’s new book offers real insights into how ideas and behaviors can spread—but its implications for social control are ominous.

The Trump Administration keeps talking up its “Indo-Pacific” strategy—but no country in the region interprets it in quite the same way.

Three recent books delve into the tough issues posed by underage migrants—and illuminate their oft-misunderstood reasons for coming here.