With China and Europe increasingly at odds with the U.S. on trade, they may be looking at each other as alternatives.
The Islamic State could make the region its next base.
The price of oil isn’t arrived at rationally.
Could the military intervene again to help Brazil address some of its political and economic woes?
Beijing’s unveiling of its second aircraft carrier hints at China’s expanding naval ambitions.
Europe is still struggling to deal with the effects of the refugee crisis.
Since its founding, the modern Turkish republic has changed dramatically.
The Koreas would be much stronger together, if they could just overcome everything that’s kept them apart for 70 years.
The central government has struggled to control Guerrero, one of Mexico’s most violent states.
Reforms have not liberalized the country as much as some may think.
Japan went through many of the same problems decades ago, but the comparison goes only so far.
The dispute over different interpretations of their shared history has resulted in protests and heated debates.
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