Today marks the anniversary of the United States’ firebombing of Tokyo in World War 2, which killed 105,400 civilians in a single night. It is important to reflect on what war is, and why it is worth working hard to prevent it.

Put not your faith in Presidents—unless you get a Congressional say-so.

Xi is centralizing power in a way China hasn’t seen since Mao.

China is becoming a “robot nation” even as it reaches the phase of economic development at which the U.S. economy started relying on manufacturing jobs.

Erdogan takes a financial gamble to keep Turkey’s economic bubble from popping.

Tehran is already running rampant—what happens when it has cash to throw around?

Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech was a rousing success. Now the next step is up to Congress.

Days after an disaster was just barely avoided at the negotiating table with a four month extension of the bailout program, it appears the Greeks are running out of money three months ahead of schedule.

A meeting between the Saudi king and Egypt’s president over the weekend shows further consolidation of a Sunni front in the Middle East.

A momentous (but expected) move leaves Benjamin Netanyahu the big winner, and Turkey and President Obama the big losers.