Japan’s economy is stalling. This is about more than just economics or Prime Minister Abe’s political fortunes. It is of key significance to the contest for supremacy in the Pacific.

Romanian voters have elected as President an unabashedly pro-West candidate who has decried Hungary’s illiberal turn under Viktor Orban.

There’s a fierce debate in Israel over whether the series of attacks on Israeli civilians and mass Palestinian unrest is the result of Palestinian radicalism or the provocations of Netanyahu’s government. Frustratingly, both sides are right.

China’s new anti-submarine warship could have repercussions for the strategic calculus of a U.S.-China conflict.

Boko Haram may be working to reestablish a centuries-old caliphate that once ruled over territory in Nigeria and its neighbors.

While it is difficult to see into the future at all and impossible to make detailed predictions, everything we know about history and human development suggests that the 21st century is unlikely to be a quiet time in international relations.

Police and other security services in Algeria have gone on strike. With a frail and unwell President, the various factions vying for succession could throw the country into chaos.

Pemex is adapting well to reforms, but Mexico is still struggling with cartel violence.

Home foreclosures are spiking nationwide as banks temporarily held up federal rules get back to business. The jobs stastitics may be looking up, but the effects of the recession still linger.

In the 21st century, Australia and Canada will play a much larger role on the world stage than most realize.