The Ukraine problem is more about the West than it is about Russia.

The modern world continuously prompts us to ask this question. But is it the right question to ask?

Behind a smokescreen of noninterference, the leading democracies of the global south—Brazil, India, Indonesia, and South Africa—have been weak ambassadors for spreading freedom abroad.

Freedom of the press is Burma’s canary in the coal mine: Its deterioration may be a sign that the country is backsliding into the oppressive habits of the former military dictatorship.

While Detroit is not out of the woods yet, its experience points to the fact that troubled cities’ most needed structural reforms may only be possible under extraordinary circumstances.

Iran, not the Islamic State, is at the core of our strategic problem set. Understanding that is key to understanding some of the big stories to come out of the Middle East in recent days.

Have Buddhists attained the status of an ordinary American denomination? Yes! They are suing each other.

How the West answers this question will determine its relations not just with Russia, but with China as well.

In light of Russia’s recent moves, NATO would do well to rethink its defense-in-depth strategy in favor of a more forward-leaning posture.

Europe is mired in deep denial about the historical currents driving Russia’s actions in Ukraine.