So, as usual, we’ll have a three-part structure. We are going to first ask the question: What are these tensions? Then we are going to pose the question: Why do we have these tensions? And then we ...

Italian unions and citizens in more than 75 cities protested government inaction on the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. Dock workers and demonstrators closed ports and blocked streets, halting commerce ...

At the recently concluded World Economic Forum in Switzerland and the Munich Security Conference in Germany, a striking rhetorical current ran through the discussions of great-power rivalry and ...

Russia hosted the World Cup in characteristically spectacular style even as the sentiment of the great powers of the West turned against it. As in the previous three tournaments, the defending ...

Zambian authorities seized 2 planes: 1 with gold, cash, weapons, and detained 10 suspects, including Egyptians.

India’s foreign policy emphasizes a multipolar world, balancing independence with ...

The Shah led a famously dissolute life, visiting nightclubs across Europe and chasing beautiful actresses. One of them was Grace Kelly who became the Princess Grace of Monaco in 1956. The Shah spent ...

Similar to Jews and Palestinians, Kurds have faced oppression, displacement, and a long struggle for statehood. Although most Kurds are Muslim, their views on the Israel-Palestine conflict vary. Some ...

Contemporary great power competition is shifting toward strategic “gateways” of the international system — regions where geopolitical influence, economic infrastructure and military power intersect.

Today, Iran is ruled by a theocratic regime. It is easy to blame the mullahs for all of Iran’s ills. However, it is an inconvenient truth that their path to power was paved by the British and the ...

As a sovereign nation, the State of Israel has existed since 1948, following the end of the 30-year mandate for British administration of Palestine, when the Jewish Agency declared the territory as ...

Sarito Carroll lived in Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh’s commune in Oregon, which collapsed under criminal charges 40 years ago. Like most teenagers in Rajneeshpuram, she was sexually abused there. Now she is ...