While the rest of Europe ducked, one region stood up for important principles of responsible globalization.

Libya receives very little attention these days. Why did the international community collectively go wrong?

Press freedom is vital for democracy. But as the UK has proven, mass media also have the responsibility to be truthful.

Will the “cathedral” – aka the EU – ever be completed? Is it worth the effort? Or might it fall down and bankrupt its builders?

As Fed Chairman, Greenspan utterly failed to limit leverage and bubbles, and this failure magnified financial fragility.

How Donald Trump got to the White House via the courts – and the amazing things that happened next.

Does the corrosion of American democracy mimic the Weimar conditions that launched Hitler to power?

On the dangers of the ill-considered passions of a constituency provoked by demagogues.

Kurdish separatists have once again revived armed struggle in Iran too. Who are they?

In today’s Iraq, when one faction rolls in, another rolls out.