Whether by mistake or design, Western sanctions have created both winners and losers in Russia, setting up an inter-elite competition that Putin may find hard to control.

Russia’s compromise proposal for Syria’s south appears to lack Iranian buy-in—and it is primarily Tehran’s calculations that will decide whether the Israel-Iran conflict spirals out of control.

Why Armenia’s Velvet Revolution has not perturbed Moscow.

Hungary’s combative leader does not fulfill all his critics’ stereotypes. But of his ambition, centralization of power, and tolerance of corruption, there can be no doubt.

Interviews with dozens of European opinion leaders reveal how the President is shredding American credibility and alienating allies in Europe.

As Chinese construction and militarization proceed apace, the United States and its allies are ramping up their activity in the South China Sea.

After three months of negotiation, false starts, presidential vetoes, and market panics, Italy at last has a new, populist government—and its electorate expects radical change.

Our correspondent takes you outside the Spanish Parliament during the no-confidence vote against Mariano Rajoy’s government.

The Marshall Plan has a good claim to being the most successful diplomatic initiative that the United States has ever undertaken—and Benn Steil’s new book only strengthens the case.

Today’s consciousness-raising on race is less about helping black people than it is about white people seeking grace.