A cease-fire quickly ended this week's fighting between Palestinian militants and Israel. Similar clashes in the past prompted an Israeli ground campaign. What was different this time?
By Sim Tack
Ankara and Moscow have grown closer as Turkey's relationship with the United States has soured. The question is whether this marks an enduring rearrangement in Turkish foreign affairs.
By Sinan Ciddi
As alarming as some of the similarities between 2018 and the late 1850s might seem, key differences and broad historical patterns challenge the recent dark prophecies of another Civil War.
By Ian Morris
To counter China, the United States and others are creating funding options for developing countries eager to build roads, power plants and other large engineering works.
By Jeff Goodson
The controversy surrounding the journalist's death is complicating Saudi Arabia's foray into hosting global sporting events.
The journalist's criticism of the Saudi government put him at perilous odds with his former patrons.
In an interview with contributor Linas Jegelevicius, opposition figure Vladimir Kara-Murza says, 'Russia is much bigger and better than the current regime.'
The Turkish president has set a troubling course toward a future for his country that in many ways may already be here.
By Sinan Ciddi
The observation that the number of golf courses in a country can be used to gauge its openness seems to ring true, at least where Japan, China and the Koreas are concerned.
For thousands of years, the world did perfectly well without academically free universities. Despite the success of the modern university, an increasing number of people seem to think it can do so again.
By Ian Morris
Posing for pictures with controversial leaders put soccer stars Mesut Ozil and Mohamed Salah in political pickles not of their choosing.
The Moscow-sponsored International Army Games attract soldiers from around the world to face off in a raucous celebration of military skills.
