It’s hard boozing, not NATO, and it is at the root of much of the decay in post-Soviet Russia.

To kick off 2015, we present our take on who the real “G-7” countries are: the world’s seven great powers, ranked by their ability to shape both their immediate environments and the broader world.

Events could be coming to a head, four years after the U.S. intervention.

The idea that more transparency in government is always an unalloyed good is a dangerous populist illusion.

Boko Haram’s new excursions into Cameroon exploit West Africa’s inability to cooperate across international boundaries in response to the Islamist threat.

The President is tightening his grip on the levers of state power.

China continues to walk back some of its aggressive policies, withdrawing a threat against foreign civilian aircraft within its ADIZ.

China appears to be walking back its most aggressive policies toward Vietnam, as it has been doing with Japan.

An entrepreneur won an important victory against crony capitalism in Kentucky this year, the first of its kind in a long while. Here’s to more of the same in 2015.

With what shall he fix it? And will it stay fixed?