Brookings says that Common Core won’t do much to improve education. This isn’t a great start for the controversial program.

In a no-brainer move, Putin is raising gas prices on Ukraine. Does the west have any idea how to respond?

As the dust settles in Crimea, China is pledging increased cooperation with Moscow. A recent editorial from a Chinese Communist Party mouthpiece explains why.

Nancy Pelosi thinks Obamacare is a winning issue for Democrats. Yes, she’s a little behind the times.

Japanese and South Korean leaders agree to meet with President Obama in a trilateral summit. After several months of strained relations, the two U.S. allies are finally talking again.

With corruption allegations swirling ess than two weeks ahead of municipal elections, Turkish PM Tayyip Erdogan silences Twitter throughout the country. In Erdogan’s fall from grace, he’s reaching out for branches.

China and India sat down this week to discuss building up rail links to increase cross-border trade. Neither country wants to let their military rivalry get in the way of business.

Putin has made it increasingly clear that he intends to respond to Western sanctions by frustrating nuclear talks with Iran. Obama may face the choice he’s worked hardest to avoid: attack Iran, or allow it to go nuclear.

Iraq is witnessing its worst bout of extremism and violence since the civil war ended. That’s bad news for the entire region.

On a rusting hulk of a ship half sunk near a remote reef in the South China Sea, the great geopolitical game for the future of Asia is being played. And hardly anyone is paying attention.