The problem with designating “great powers” as your adversaries is that they might just take your word for it and respond accordingly

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What has thrown a scare into Erdogan is not the country’s growing diplomatic isolation, but the economy and how that might affect the outcome of presidential elections in 2019

The exercise elevates the possibility of a confrontation between China, the U.S. and India, but also between India and Pakistan

The major specter haunting Europe today is not Britain’s exit but anger at growing inequality, increasing job insecurity, a housing crisis, and EU strictures that have turned economic strategy over to unelected bureaucrats and banks

Ballingarry, Republic of Ireland. This tiny village in the heart of County Limerick, with its narrow streets and multiple churches, seems untouched…

When the Catalans goes to the polls Oct. 1, much more than independence for Spain’s restive province will be at stake. In…

Saudi Arabia’s puzzling effort to blacklist its tiny neighbor Qatar begs the question of who’s really isolated in the Gulf.

Europe is enmeshed in an economic crisis brought on by the structure of the European Union (EU), on one hand, and the nature of capitalism, on the other

“…exactly what one would expect to see, if a nuclear-armed state were planning to have the capacity to fight and win a nuclear war by disarming enemies with a surprise first strike”