Since its founding, the modern Turkish republic has changed dramatically.

Reconciling a nation to a past greater than the present is both hard and dangerous.

China and Vietnam have tepidly embraced reform. Why can’t the Hermit Kingdom?

Washington’s real concern isn’t nuclear weapons but Iranian expansion.

The U.S. has withdrawn from the Iran nuclear deal. Israel and Iran are reacting accordingly.

These will be the week’s real front-page stories.

Guerrero state had the most homicides of any state in Mexico last year.

It has made geopolitical sense since their establishment in 1948 for North and South Korea to find a way to get along and tap into their joint potential, and yet they haven’t, because peaceful reunification is exceedingly difficult to achieve.

Every day Iran fails to strike back makes it look weaker.

Brussels can’t really bring disobedient states to heel. Berlin can.

The Koreas would be much stronger together, if they could just overcome everything that’s kept them apart for 70 years.

It’s been a busy year in these troubled waters.