With Venezuela’s generals now in charge of the country’s shrinking food supply, it’s only a matter of time before the people turn against them too.

Canada’s pipeline network isn’t keeping pace with its buoyant oil sands crude production.

America isn’t Lake Wobegon—social mobility goes in both directions.

The share of Americans who believe “adultery is always wrong” fell sharply in 2015.

Spain and Portugal broke budget rules but won’t be punished, EU says.

Washington will need the support of allies like Japan as it looks to maintain a balance of power in China’s neighborhood.

As global productivity increases, energy intensity is steadily falling. That’s not just good for the world economy—it’s good for the planet, too.

Israeli-Gulf Arab is key to understanding the Middle East today.

The Financial Times is calling for a British pivot to Zimbabwe. Here’s why that’s unlikely to work, even if it was attempted.

The big problem is that the case hangs from pretty weak thread.