Today marks the anniversary of the United States’ firebombing of Tokyo in World War 2, which killed 105,400 civilians in a single night. It is important to reflect on what war is, and why it is worth working hard to prevent it.

Citizens of Putin’s Russia are more anti-American than Russians were in Soviet days.

China’s big policy shift of 2014 is turning out to be more rhetorical than real, at least in the South China Sea.

A new seeks to offer an education that is more rigorous and cheaper than an Ivy League degree—but equally prestigious. The key to this model is its “campus” without classrooms.

McDonalds plans to stop selling chicken raised on medically important antibiotics. This is a huge step forward towards averting or lessening a predicted antibiotic crisis.

Hollande is embracing economic reforms—but his party isn’t so keen.

OPEC’s chief doesn’t think U.S. shale can compete in today’s low-price market. Here’s what he’s missing.

The only way he sees sanctions increasing is if Russian-backed rebels restart the war.

Xi is centralizing power in a way China hasn’t seen since Mao.

Three former intelligence directors warn of the threat of cyberwarfare, and the current one has gone as far as to say it exceeds the threat of terrorism.