Saudi Arabia is fortifying vulnerable domestic sites amid unspecified threats that “terrorists” might attack a shopping mall or even energy infrastructure.

Japan hosts its first arms show, ever. But the public has not yet lined up behind Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s attempts to overcome decades of institutionalized pacifism.

Recent humanitarian tragedies in Africa show that immigration isn’t just an American or European issue, but a global one.

Mostly perhaps, but in the right circumstances they can pose a threat to international stability.

The continent of Europe is doing what continents do best—drifting. Into whatever catastrophe emerges from the Greek negotiations, that is.

The Chinese President is in Islamabad, inking infrastructure investment deals worth billions of dollars. Will China succeed where the U.S. has failed?

Chicago’s public school system has a serious cash-flow problem. Will Chicago be the next Detroit?

Europeans are floating plans that are unlikely to be adopted, and President Obama is beseeching Gulf states to save Libya. The lack of planning for what would follow Qaddafi’s ouster on the part of Western leaders has been hard to understand.

A lasting legacy for a minor party may not always come through the holding of power, but by how successfully it forces a major party to alter course. That is likely to be UKIP’s contribution to history.

The German Finance Minister let a Washington crowd know exactly what he thought.