A father of four and a charismatic, tireless opposition leader was gunned down just outside the Kremlin yesterday. A horrible new day has dawned on Vladimir Putin’s Russia.

Whether Xi Jinping is confronting corruption, engaging in just another CCP purge, or some of both, the PLA is stuck dangerously in the middle.

Putin’s poll numbers may be sky high now, but not even he and his inner circle believe they will stay that way for long.

Is there a link? The connection is more complicated than you—or Narendra Modi and Xi Jinping—might think.

The President spoke the truth recently when he said “terrible deeds” have been committed in the name of Christianity. We should be equally frank in saying that terrible deeds are now being committed in the name of Islam.

Reinhold Niebuhr’s work is in vogue these days, but his champions fail to appreciate how his Christian faith informed his views of foreign affairs.

Realist arguments against arming the Ukrainians may seem unassailable. But that is only because they are incomplete.

Just how fragile is Vladimir Putin’s support? As far as war in Ukraine goes, it’s a lot more fragile than most outside observers think.

Greece’s current troubles are a symptom of a deeper corruption at the heart of an economy dominated by oligarchs. If Syriza can smash the oligarchic power structure, it may give the country a chance—if.

As blizzards blanket Boston and there is no sign of Al Gore producing A More Inconvenient Truth, it’s time to look at the cognitive defenses of ideologues.