Egypt’s military dictatorship has undertaken one of its first difficult reforms by slashing energy subsidies in this year’s budget. Though the cards are stacked against them, if they pull this off and set Egypt on a more sustainable course, history will do more than dismiss them as a pack of thieves.

Russia sent jets and experts to Iraq. As America dithers, does Russia see an opening for a new Shiite alliance?

Boko Haram Islamists continued their rampage across Nigeria, burning churches and killing dozens on Sunday.

The Hobby Lobby case, pitting religious liberty against subsidized contraception, will likely be only the first instance of a semi-nationalized health care system igniting the culture war.

ISIS has driven Christians out of Mosul, and for the first time in 1,600 years, mass wasn’t said in that city. Ancient Christian communities in the Middle East are facing an existential threat.

Turkey came out in favor of an independent Kurdistan this weekend, while Israel renewed its vocal support.

Carl Gershman, Thomas Carothers, and Daniel Calingaert spoke on a panel entitled “How Can We Do Better at Promoting Democracy?” as part of a recent conference on “Re-thinking Democracy Promotion Amid Rising Authoritarianism.” The conference was jointly sponsored by The American Interest, Freedom House, and Johns Hopkins-SAIS.

As it expands its reach, ISIS has proclaimed the territory under its control to be an Islamic empire. How will will regional governments, not to mention other jihadi groups, respond to the new “caliphate”?

A fine piece of reporting in the WSJ shows us why Ukraine is, and is likely to remain, pathetically weak and resistant to reform.

Scientists have figured out how drug-resistant bacteria use a protein to build their “defensive barriers,” and thus, how that protein could be inhibited. This is big news in the war on bacteria.