Sometimes the simplest truths take the most courage to say.

Historically low oil prices aren’t crippling the shale industry the way many predicted they would.

If America really wanted to destroy Russia, it could do no better than tell it to keep doing exactly what it’s doing.

Identity has always trumped class in American history, and probably always will.

AKP-CHP talks break down, leaving Turkey facing uncertainty at home and war abroad.

Ukraine’s war against the separatist fighters in the east isn’t going well, and recent flareups of violence dim the prospects of the Minsk 2 ceasefire taking hold.

Murder rates are up in many American cities. Criminal justice reformers: Proceed with caution.

Ian Bremmer argues that America should tender its resignation as the world’s superpower. But becoming Clark Kent, permanently, is not sound strategy.

A Chinese official says Beijing’s policy is to disallow foreign warships and airplanes from entering the territory it claims in the South China Sea. Since the U.S. doesn’t recognize the legitimacy of China’s far-reaching claims and promises to persist in sailing and flying through the area, that’s a very serious threat.

Mustard gas this time. But given what we don’t know about Assad’s supposedly-destroyed stores, what might be next?