Putin made a Faustian pact to keep peace in Chechnya. It’s now coming back to haunt him.

Though Merkel is set to win comfortably, the upcoming German elections are much more momentous than they first appear.

The aftermath of the hurricane will make abolishing DACA even more politically poisonous for Trump.

Verdi’s opera Macbeth showcases in thrilling music the crux of Shakespeare’s play: that humans have free will, and suffer the consequences.

After their failures this past spring, Republican Senators have new plans—at opposite extremes from each other.

The new UN Secretary-General is the friendliest that Jerusalem could realistically hope for.

Once again, as before the age of the European empires, political order has become weak in much of the world.

Electronic health records have not proven to be the boon for lowering health care costs some hoped they would be. But there’s hope yet.

The truth about the legal morass created by the controversial Citizens United ruling, and why it matters.

Hong Kong’s young democracy activists are being thrown in jail. But the movement should hold out hope for change, both locally and in mainland China.