Russia will now have to demonstrate that it can finish a job it said was already done.

Turkey’s president is determined to break the disconnect between perceived and real military capabilities.

The U.K. is facing a serious challenge to its centuries-old political experiment.

The underlying fundamentals of the crisis on the Korean Peninsula have not changed.

One is coming to grips with its geographic constraints, the other is turning weakness into strength.

Jan. 2, 2018 Protests aren’t out of control yet, but the government needs solutions or scapegoats.

Dec. 29, 2017 Stepping outside the U.S. security umbrella necessarily requires offensive weapons.

Dec. 29, 2017 Yemen has always been different from the rest of the countries of the Arabian Peninsula. Even the Ancient Greeks thought of it as such, referring to the land that would eventually constitute Yemen as Eudaimon Arabia – “Fortunate Arabia” or “Happy Arabia” – because its rainfall and fertile land made for a stable population.

Dec. 28, 2017 Turkey is trying to strengthen ties in areas once held by the Ottomans.

Dec. 28, 2017 As is often the case, the current civil war has historical and geographical beginnings.

Dec. 27, 2017 “Merry Christmas” is a religious greeting that has become a secular one.

Dec. 27, 2017 For Beijing, financial risk, poverty and pollution are more subversive than any nation-state.