Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel told an audience in Beijing, point blank, not to pull a “Crimea” in its territorial disputes in the region. Will it be enough to reassure Japan and other nervous U.S. allies in East Asia?

The growth of health clinics at big box retailers may be the most important innovation in health care delivery in our time.

Colleges are increasing athletic budgets much faster than academic ones, especially at Division III schools.

The world’s largest democratic exercise is off and running. India’s elections this year promise to be especially divisive and consequential.

A strong U.S.-Egyptian relationship is necessary for the United States to achieve its many objectives in the Middle East. And permanent estrangement, which looks increasingly likely, is not a foregone conclusion.

Carefully thinking through Russia’s different tactical options for invading Ukraine would have seemed unnecessarily alarmist as little as a few weeks ago. Today, it seems downright prudent.

New college graduates are balking at the high cost of living in coastal, blue cities. A new study shows that the ten U.S. cities gaining grads most rapidly are all in the South and Intermountain West. SF, NY, LA, DC and Boston didn’t make the cut.

Wesleyan University is joining a growing movement to allow students to earn a bachelor’s degree in three years instead of four. The tuition savings involved make this a smart decision for students, but why not take this approach even further?

The massive unpaid gas bill that Ukraine owes to Russia is due today. Kiev’s new Prime Minister has publicly repudiated Gazprom’s recent 80 percent gas price increase, but Ukraine has precious little leverage in this fight.

There are reports that Russia may be on the verge of signing a sanctions-busting agreement with Iran. It’s time for the United States to give its Russia policy a serious rethink.