Populism is a great campaign tool in the age of social media—but not necessarily much more than that.

Our institutions of higher learning have fostered a new paternalism.

Iran is using its proven strategy of co-opting local militias to encroach on Iraq’s Christian heartland. The good news: the incursion is still reversible.

Franklin Foer’s new book warns that the tech titans now rule us all. Are they as threatening as all that?

Is Kosovo the next big recruiting ground in Europe for ISIS?

Predictions about the next big war have historically missed their marks—often by miles. But that doesn’t mean such forecasts are futile.

If the private sector replaces public sector leadership in international development, it will fragment U.S. influence, threaten sustainability, and weaken accountability.

The Protestant Reformation leapt off the pages of Martin Luther’s broadsides. What pop-up notification is the internet giving today’s society?

The grand new dam on the Nile pits the downstream countries against the upstream. Will conflict ensue?

Russian policy based on its misreading of the West, and especially on its misunderstanding of its own neighbors, can only frustrate.