A high-enough level of polarization will undercut the Supreme Court’s legitimacy.

As time goes on, the pattern continues: more and more of Vladimir Putin’s support staff and friends get a foothold in Russia’s political life.

Indulging the vanity of donors with more money than wits may not be the worst way to fund our political system. But it has indirect costs.

Today’s arguments for infrastructure investments could as easily have been made—and indeed were made—every year since the recession. Why would they be more persuasive now?

A strong ruling from the Hague should have given lots of interested parties cover to band together and push back against Beijing. But it isn’t working out like that.

Pope Francis hits the nail right on the head.

Yet another big fish falls in the fight for influence among Russia’s security services.

It’s easy to blame a revisionist Russia for the teetering of the liberal democratic order. It’s harder to repair our institutions so that they can resist it.

This year’s food crisis could undo decades of steady gains in the region.

The only thing worse than a warlord in government is a warlord out of government.