Social disadvantage seems to harm boys more than their sisters.

Sweden committed to replace its aging nuclear reactors and phase out a costly tax on the industry.

Guinea worm, a gruesome parasite, is on the brink of eradication. This is the way disease ends. Not with a bang but a whimper.

Check out Walter Russell Mead’s thoughts on the US-Israel relationship in this video from the Tikvah Fund.

The President of the European Commission is off to meet Vladimir Putin at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum—a sign of how tepid Europe’s support for extending sanctions against really is.

The effort that begun under Hu Jintao is evolving under Xi into Chinese soft power with rather heavy-handed characteristics.

A higher education reform policy Democrats and Republicans should be able to agree on.

Five years after the announcement of the “pivot”, Asians and Australians don’t feel particularly reassured.

Global supply disruptions hit a 5-year high last month, but thanks to shale oil prices only spiked $5 per barrel.

The East China Sea heats up, as China escalates tensions with Washington and Tokyo.