Dec. 4, 2017 Israel is devising a strategy to deal with a rising Iran.

Dec. 1, 2017 The two countries may have some shared interests, even though it doesn’t seem that way.

Nov. 30, 2017 Seoul doesn’t want a military conflict but must be prepared in case it breaks out.

Nov. 30, 2017 With low oil prices, Moscow has had to get creative with the way it raises money.

Nov. 29, 2017 For the moment, Iran has been freed to assert itself.

Nov. 29, 2017 Berlin has positioned itself as the region’s most important partner in the EU.

Nov. 27, 2017 When a grand coalition ignores the dissenters or pretends that they are merely cranks, the ground under the coalition weakens.

Nov. 27, 2017 Inequality is reaching new heights.

Nov. 24, 2017 The Battle of Stalingrad had its origins in a pivotal German miscalculation at the start of the war. Operation Barbarossa, the code name for Germany’s invasion of the east, was designed to destroy the Soviet Union, securing Germany’s eastern flank and thereby guaranteeing German control of continental Europe. The invasion began on June 22, 1941.

Nov. 24, 2017 The central government can’t impose changes on its own.

Nov. 22, 2017 The German army during World War II regarded the city as a way station en route to Baku’s oil, but it turned out to be a meat grinder.

Nov. 22, 2017 The government will have to make some tough choices if it wants to change the financial sector.