A new set of Chinese policies in TIbet are aimed at promoting intermarriage between Tibetans and Han Chinese. It’s all part of China’s strategy for dealing with minorities, which aims to defuse ethnic tensions by using both carrots and sticks to erode the distinctions between cultures.

With the writing on the wall for the moderate rebels in Syria, we may be seeing the beginnings of the next stage in the conflict.

After beating back ISIS at the border town of Arsal, Lebanon is preparing for what could be a long war. The U.S. has agreed to pitch in by arming the Lebanese forces, while the Saudi Ambassador to Lebanon has drawn a “red line” in front of ISIS.

Even as something as routine as a blood test is subject to massive price fluctuations from hospital to hospital for no apparent reason. We still don’t understand how pricing works in our health care system.

To decrease its reliance on sooty coal, China is consuming and importing vast quantities of natural gas at an increasing pace.

In the latest sign of European anti-Semitism, Gaza protests pressured a British supermarket to pull Kosher foods from its shelves.

The rescuers of the Yazidis weren’t just any Kurds—they were PKK, and their presence is making an impact on the conflict in northern Iraq.

Three hundred big name health care advocacy groups have signed a letter to HHS claiming that insurance discrimination is alive and well under the ACA.

Mathematical models are helping scientists identify genetic traits that will help us engineer crops that can adapt to climate change. Once again, reason is winning out over panicked apocalyptic world views.

The Philippines military wants to operate a cruise service to the disputed Spratly Islands. The players in Asia’s Game of Thrones know that when they conduct even innocuous activities in or around these territories, their claims become that much more real.