Burundi is in turmoil, wracked by an ethnic conflict that threatens to involve neighboring Rwanda as well.

There was a record number of Russian air incursions in July, many over the Baltic Sea. Russian relations with the West are only getting sourer.

Germany’s grid can’t handle its wind and solar production, and its neighbors are paying the price for that failure.

Beijing’s recent behavior seems to have ticked off enough ASEAN members to make this week’s meeting a significant show of defiance and unity over the South China Sea.

No matter what kind of system one has, costs are rising across the industrialized world. Having a more public system doesn’t appear to halt that trend.

What’s next? A whole lot of mess, more than likely.

The Obama Administration says that it will retaliate against those responsible for the OPM hack. But the White House, like everyone else, isn’t quite sure what that would look like.

Prices drop when wind and solar production peak, so how can renewables hope to compete?

Radioactive waste? Check. A poorly-institutionalized satrapy run by warlords? Check, check. Maybe Kiev’s intel services are hyping the threat, but the ingredients are all there for a dirty bomb.

Canada’s ruling Conservative party is trying to retain power over its rising opposition by enacting the country’s longest election cycle since Queen Victoria.