For all the talk of Iranian nuclear weapons, this is an early stage of the real Iranian threat – a war of attrition against Israel.

Russia and the U.S. see the situation differently – as they must.

Blinding Russian intelligence at a time like this would be dangerous.

The dispute over different interpretations of their shared history has resulted in protests and heated debates.

North Korea can afford to keep China at arm’s length only for so long.

The U.S. is about to give geopolitics a major test.

Global confidence in the dollar isn’t waning simply because the U.S. is buying less foreign oil.

Violence is making it harder for companies to operate in the country.

Mexican governments have always had a difficult time ruling over the outer reaches of their domain.

Chancellor Angela Merkel did not emerge from German federal elections unscathed, but she emerged nonetheless. Now that she has, she must throw the full weight of her limited powers into halting the EU’s slow decline into irrelevance.

For all its recent threats, Washington doesn’t want a trade war.

Trying to control the Chinese government machinery too tightly raises the risk of losing control of it altogether.