Acquiring data from an unlikely local source offers a more accurate understanding of threats in zones deemed safe overall, and opportunities in zones deemed dangerous overall.
By Lino Miani
2019 marks several major historical milestones of China's past 125 years; here's a look at how they fit together.
By Ian Morris
Reactions to recent election losses and short-sighted foreign policy choices are likely to worsen the Turkish economy and weaken President Erdogan's ability to project competence.
By Sinan Ciddi
As the United States, China and Russia increasingly compete for strategic advantage, the number of countries in the gray zone between war and peace will grow. This will prompt arguments for hands-on engagement in stability operations, even as Washington draws back from such engagements.
By Jeff Goodson
A group of friends in North Carolina reacted to the fatal shooting of three Muslim college students the best way they knew how: by getting to know their Muslim neighbors.
In the face of skepticism, polarization and extremism, much in Western democracies may yet depend on the ability of non-democratic institutions to preserve a sense of calm and stability.
By Ian Morris
Key losses in this week's municipal elections test the Turkish president's grip on power. How hard will he squeeze to hold on?
By Sinan Ciddi
The trade war with China is the first of many such quarrels that define current U.S. foreign policy.
TV comedian Volodymyr Zelenskiy is leading in the race to be the next Ukrainian president, thanks to his populist appeal. But who will get the last laugh: his supporters or his critics?
Membership negotiations are deadlocked and will likely remain so, but practical necessities will require Ankara and Brussels to find common ground, however grudgingly.
By Sinan Ciddi
Founded in 1949 'to keep the Russians out, the Americans in, and the Germans down,' the trans-Atlantic alliance confronts a shakeup in Europe that would have been unimaginable a generation ago.
By Ian Morris
A year after it was banned from the Winter Olympics, Russia has cleared several obstacles in its return to the international sports scene. But considerable doubts about its efforts remain.
