Does Islam really limit the opportunities and achievements of women?

Which country performs best in terms of equal pay — US, UK, Germany or Korea?

Japan has to bring about a change in the national psyche about women and work.

Two “grand nations” strangely united in the pursuit of wrong priorities.

China is becoming a global power. Can it break the bellicose pattern set by all previous rising global powers?

Divisions in Ukraine, while real, are often oversimplified.

A reflection on our collective failures as human societies.

In Egypt, authoritarian society dies hard.

How the world of 2014 is an eerie replay of 1945.

Can we use the milestones and guideposts of the past century to deal with current choices?