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PARIS ― The Islamic terrorist army often referred to as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant has made a faster womb-to-superstardom ascension than Justin …

“We must resist our dreams of managing history.” ― Reinhold Niebuhr, “The Irony of American History” (1952) When you study how the U.S. goes to war, …

As I explained in a previous post, I’ve reluctantly concluded that the U.K. needs to consider its options for becoming a non-European Union country. I put it …

Mumbai is an economic universe unto itself, at once India’s richest thriftiest city; in some senses, it is also India’s most financially sophisticated, in …

How does a nation lose its way? Some of us think that just one man alone could radically change a country, if he’s powerful enough. It was an idea of years …

Japan’s Cabinet gave formal approval last Friday to lifting some of Tokyo’s unilateral sanctions on North Korea in what could be seen as a move to counter …

WASHINGTON ― With the sudden rise of the terrorist Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, a little-noted aspect is that Gen. Qassem Suleimani, the supposed …

Though belated, it is the right move for President Park Geun-hye to meet with the floor leaders and chief policymakers of the ruling and main opposition …

It is painful to see how out of sync Jaime Caruana is. The general manager of the Basel-based Bank for International Settlements, Caruana wants to remove the …

A vast revolution in military affairs is taking place across East Asia. The latest signs are Chinese President Xi Jinping’s purge of General Xu Caihou, an …