What energizes the Trump phenomenon is the power of “NO!”: people who think the train is about to head off a cliff want to pull the emergency cord that stops the train even if they don’t know what happens next.

The post-Cold War era is over. The U.S. finds itself in a new phase of security competition—one that will pose a unique challenge when it comes to coalition management.

Cynical Russian activism, the rise of ISIS, and the disintegration of Syria should be leading Turkey to work more closely with its Western partners in Europe and NATO. Yet Erdogan seems bent on keeping Turkey isolated at a time of rising threats.

Al Quds Commander ties threat to recent ballistic missile developments.

One of the Russian President’s closest friends, sanctioned by the West, just won another huge no-bid contract to build part of a gas pipeline to China.

Erdogan can now make or break lawmakers, legally.

India isn’t happy that China has been improving ties with Pakistan, and so Modi has been looking for an opportunity to cooperate with Iran on a parallel shipping contract.

The head of a French utility had to remind greens that renewables can’t—and shouldn’t—replace the country’s nuclear reactors.

We are not facing a crisis of “values”. And Russia is not successfully undermining what we stand for through cunning propaganda. It’s that we’ve lost faith in our political system.

Does America have an “under-incarceration problem?” It depends how you define it.