Russia’s aggressive attitude toward its involvement in Syria creates a problem with Turkey—deliberately?

Even a flawed trade agreement that helps workers in countries like Vietnam deserves the support of people who seriously care about the global poor.

Saudi Arabia is cutting prices on already cheap crude in an attempt to eke out market share. It’s a bad time to be a petrostate.

Europe is competing with Japan for a lucrative Australian submarine contract. No matter who gets it, China loses.

The largest audience for Putin’s Syrian concerto isn’t in the Middle East or the U.S. but in Europe.

Colleges are increasingly coming around to the idea that young people shouldn’t be exposed to any activity that might make them feel uncomfortable. This is a good start, but it’s too little, too late.

Score one for an Obama White House that has in the past few weeks just been careening from crisis to crisis. The TPP is a major achievement.

Expect Brazil’s economy to get worse before we see any signs that it might get better.

In the Obama Era, the military has chosen brass-polishing over getting the mission done.

Sweden’s non-aligned ambiguity is no longer a sound or sensible policy.