The past 25 years of world politics have rested on a series of polite fictions, agreed conventions and hypocritical pretenses. These were are all very comforting ideas, but sadly none of them are true.

A look back at the postwar occupations provides insight on Iraq.

The Brits are back “east of Suez” in a way they have not been in two generations.

For many years, the world’s most populous Muslim nation has resisted the siren call of fanaticism. That increasingly appears to be changing.

New data cut against the prevailing narrative that illegal immigration is decreasing.

A Hanukkah present to the world from Tablet.

China is continuing to move away from its post-Mao rule by committee and back toward one-person rule.

A state panel has cleared Judge Aaron Persky of wrongdoing, but his critics are trying to oust him anyway.

For more than 100 years, the political incompetence of Palestinian leadership and the unorganized, fractured state of Palestinian society have been the secret weapon of the Zionist movement; that remains the case today.

How blue politicians reform the infrastructure construction process will be a key determinant of the future of Democratic Party.