Xi’s platitudinous statements in Seattle don’t change the fact that the relationship between China and the United States remains edgy.

Stanford’s MOOC czars say that existing online education systems aren’t all they’re cracked up to be—at least, yet. But MOOCs, like any other major innovation, are bound to have hiccups as they mature.

The “death of the humanities” is global.

The U.S. should stop assuming that its interests and those of its ally and fellow NATO member will generally overlap. There’s room for cooperation with Turkey, but only on a case-by-case basis.

The historical “best practice” for accepting large numbers of immigrants, Ellis Island also illustrates the scale of the challenge facing Europe.

Quinnipiac survey reflects the unpopularity of the president’s key initiative in a deep blue state. And it’s not why some would think.

Russia’s internal pathologies are creating a zone of instability in its periphery that could easily spread to the rest of the world.

Volkswagen’s cheating software could be installed in as many as 11 million vehicles. An already unprecedented disaster for the German car manufacturer just got a lot bigger.

TAI publisher Charles Davidson and regular TAI contributor Jeffrey Gedmin have coauthored a Politico piece about China’s kleptocrats.

Iran and Russia are coordinating on Syria, while the White House is caught flat-footed.