North Korean propagandists went all out over the weekend, calling South Korea’s President a prostitute for Barack Obama.

Though the EU is saying it will follow America’s lead in expanding its list of Russian individuals to target with asset freezes and travel bans, there still remains very little appetite for broader economic sanctions that could seriously hurt Russia.

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At the University of Chicago this week, Rand Paul made some remarks about “in-between solutions” to abortion that have conservatives wondering where he stands. The general electorate, however, would welcome a politician who occupies the middle ground on this issue.

Liberals are increasingly unwilling to permit conservatives even to speak on campus. In the latest example of this “illiberal liberalism,” Azusa Pacific University postponed a talk by Charles Murray.

College enrollment is way down as more high school grads choose work over school. After years of bleak prospects for workers without bachelor’s degrees, that’s good news indeed.

Ethiopia’s Grand Renaissance Dam will be a jewel in the crown of a country whose fortunes are finally improving. But Ethiopia has much more to do if it is to meet its goal of becoming a middle-income country by 2025.

Cutting off natural gas supplies would hurt Russia as well as Europe, but a potential deal with Beijing could give Moscow even more leverage in its standoff with the West.

Since the end of the Cold War, many Americans have operated under the assumptions that old-fashioned geopolitics were a thing of the past. But now they are back, with a vengance.

A new report finds that the United States is woefully underprepared for oil and gas drilling in the Arctic. We’re playing catch-up in a region with both commercial and strategic interests.