Are his increasingly conspiratorial rants turning the Turkish President into the Chavez of the Middle East?

This is a significant development. Putin’s hand in shredding European unity is much weaker in Germany itself is united in its resolve to oppose him.

Egypt remains what it was: a republic that is neither a monarchy nor a liberal democracy in which power, ratified by plebiscites and managed elections, rests on the support of the army and the security forces.

The U.K. is moving towards more immigration restrictions. The measures may be contentious but they represent the kind of national policy on immigration that the U.S. lacks.

By rejecting production cuts, OPEC is preparing to go toe to toe with the American shale boom.

Can deft diplomacy paper over this scandal?

Ayatollah Khamanei has celebrated that the West and its allies have failed to “bring Iran to its knees.” His assessment is shared by an unlikely group: Israel and a host of U.S. Senators.

The numbers of deaths and casualties in eastern Ukraine from the months since the Minsk accords belie the claim that there ever was a real ceasefire at all: If anything, the fighting actually worsened after the agreement.

The recent dismissal and ensuing resignations of many prominent Georgian pro-Western ministers and deputies should not be read as any sort of slippage in Georgia’s deeply-ingrained West-facing stance.

Researchers calculate that $7 trillion has been wasted on ‘ineffective investments’ by China since the global financial crisis. How this plays out is anyone’s guess, but the least likely scenario is a smooth landing.