The current Chinese leader may be president for life, but thatās where the comparisons end.
Pyongyang says itās willing to denuclearize, but is it sincere?
Using a model for analyzing military conflicts, we weigh the cost of a trade war to the U.S. and to its trading partners.
Pro-regime forces have joined the battle for Afrin.
Putting the military in charge of security in Rio de Janeiro stirs memories of the countryās years of military rule.
Rebel-held Luhansk now stands on the frontline of the conflict between East and West.
The kingdom is a spectator watching Iran, Turkey, Israel, Russia and the U.S. compete to reshape the region.
Socio-economic and political factors fuel Xi’s quest for power.
Only now is the full power of what started in 2008 being felt.
Once the guarantor of South Koreaās security, the U.S. now looks like the greatest threat to it.
If the European project is going to be revived, then Germany must be the engine of its revival.
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