Chinese President Xi Jinping made friendly overtures to Taiwan this week by emphasizing the two countries’ close business relations. If China hopes to keep Taiwan close, that’s the smart strategy to pursue—but Beijing’s policy in Hong Kong could wind up pushing Taiwan away for good.

Small businesses are dropping health care coverage for their employees, threatening the future of the ACA’s entire small business program and increasing the cost of the law to the taxpayer.

Russian oil production is staying stable, even in the face of Western sanctions. However, Moscow’s longer-term outlook is a lot less rosy.

Nigeria is facing down a triumphant Boko Haram that grows ever more powerful. Is it now fighting not only for its sovereign territory but for its future as a state?

In 2010, 55 percent of Silicon Valley PAC donations went to Democratic candidates; this year, 52 percent went to Republicans. As the Valley warms up to the state, it might also be turning red.

Take a break from watching election returns on TV and have a look at what we published today on the site.

Libya’s Gen. Haftar may be winning back Benghazi from the Islamist militias. That’s good news for the internationally recognized parliament in Tobruk, and its worried neighbor and backer, Egypt.

The friction over who should be #2 at the State Department hardly inspires confidence after a tough week for the administration’s foreign policy team.

With the deadline for nuclear negotiations with Iran fast approaching, can it really be that Obama Administration officials are counting on Vladimir Putin’s Russia to be a lynchpin for a final deal?

The U.S. commander in Afghanistan is considering a recommendation to keep troops there past the President’s 2016 withdrawal date. Everyone has Iraq on the brain but the situation in Afghanistan looks different.