South Sudan’s leaders have massively profited from war, a watchdog report finds. Sanctions are an option, but without a well thought out full spectrum plan accompanying them, may not lead to good things.

China has few attractive options regarding North Korea.

The head of the head of the Investigative Committee might be next up on the chopping block.

The Puritans left Britain for the United States in the 17th century, but their 21st-century secular successors have a growing influence back in the motherland.

A European army would shift the balance of power in the block towards France and away from Germany. It would also complicate transatlantic cooperation—one of the main reasons many Americans were urging Britain to remain in the EU.

First loathing, then loving, the all-encompassing symphonies of Gustav Mahler.

Getting the deal through was expected to be relatively easy. What happened?

The AfD is surging ahead of a vote in Berlin.

Shocker: the ceasefire deal brokered by the United States and Russia is starting to show some cracks.

Buyouts will almost certainly be part of the ultimate solution to America’s pension crisis, but they are far from some kind of silver bullet.