The U.S. can’t negotiate without a willing partner—and Iran’s latest move suggests it’s no such thing.

Britain is beginning to wake up to the problem of its Muslim citizens serving with ISIS in Syria and Iraq, but can it crack down on this problem without crushing civil liberties?

Researchers have found evidence of some 570 underwater vents leaking methane—a potent greenhouse gas—into the ocean. That this has taken scientists by surprise underscores how tenuous our grasp on climate science is.

The WTO ruled that Argentina’s import-export laws violate the group’s trade rules. This is just the latest instance of Argentina deliberately flouting its international obligations—to its own detriment as much as anyone else’s.

New research suggests robotization and automation are not making good jobs scarce for college grads, but rather that high skill job creation is not keeping pace with the supply of workers.

More than a hundred business executives whose companies have operations in Scotland will release a statement on Monday opposing Scottish independence from the UK.

A combination of special interests with too much veto power and excessive delegation to executive branch bureaucracies is pushing American political institutions into decay, argues AI chairman Francis Fukuyama.

Common Core is losing public support, according to two recent polls. Americans seem to favor national standards in the abstract, but prefer local control of education in practice.

Good morning, TAI readers! We hope you’re enjoying your Sunday, and that you’re making it through the dog days of summer unscathed (sunscreen helps). As you gear up for the week ahead, take the time to look back on what you may have missed on the site over the past week.

The Ivanpah solar thermal facility can power some 140,000 homes, but it can also ignite birds—thousands upon thousands of birds—mid-flight.