The uses and abuses of time in contemporary theater.

MANPADS were used by Kurdish fighters to shoot down a Turkish helicopter in a serious escalation of the broader Syrian civil war. The Kremlin has plausible deniability on its side, but it could well have provided the rockets itself.

Why the bathroom wars are so vituperative—and why the arguments being deployed can seem so contorted.

Russia talks a big game on the world stage. But at home, Putin’s kleptocratic system is stifling the great leader’s ambitions.

Far-right waxes in Germany & Austria, far-left in Spain.

The American oil industry is rife with bankruptcies as companies fall victim to bargain oil prices and rising debt.

Back to the USSR? Not at all. This is just the Putin regime’s latest means of suppressing dissent.

A respected Russian media outlet, which was at the forefront of reporting on Panama Papers stories in the country, purged its top editorial talent today.

The ascent to the presidency of a figure like Trump would require a cascade of institutional failures. Many of these failures have already happened.

All the pieces are in place for fracking to start back up in the UK after a five year hiatus.