New York’s fight over stricter rent control regulations is a snapshot of a nationwide trend: states moving right as cities lean left.

New Jersey’s highest court ruled Governor Christie’s decision to cut contributions to the state’s pension fund last year as not in violation of the constitution. Can the state now hammer out a lasting deal?

A new survey by Pew shows that Vladimir Putin has little to fear from public opinion, both in Russia and in Europe.

G-7 leaders made some impressive-sounding climate comments at the end of their recent summit, but their rhetoric masks a deeper problem.

The Assad regime is handing command of its military efforts to Iran. This doesn’t bode well for a despondent Syrian military already on its back foot.

National interests and concerns over sovereignty threaten to scupper plans for a European energy union.

Opportunities are springing up for the Kurds at every turn. So are perils.

Aung San Suu Kyi, like the rest of her country’s elite, is aligning itself with neither China nor America, but is accepting favors from both.

Even a scholar picked by Japan’s ruling LDP party thinks the party’s collective self-defense bill is unconstitutional.

Japan, notably, is concerned about the precedents Putin’s moves against Ukrainian territorial integrity are setting.