With so many scandals, is it any wonder that people not just in France, but everywhere are losing faith in their elected governments?

What is the legacy of Britain’s Margaret Thatcher for Europe’s crisis-stricken countries today?

How did Turkey’s ban on head scarves inhibit the advancement of women’s rights?

Are countless acts of genocide the destiny of the human race?

Western leaders more or less unthinkingly assume that democracy will eventually triumph worldwide. Are they correct?

Should Israel’s nuclear collaboration with South Africa’s apartheid-era regime change the way we think about the prospect of a nuclear Middle East?

What’s stopping the most talented workers from taking the elevator out of the building and hopping a plane to San Jose?

Will Israel be able to create a better political reality in order to save its very existence?

The United States is already using less gas, so why would it turn to solutions that aren’t necessary to free itself from foreign oil?

How can the environment and the financial sector be aligned optimally for low-cost, low-carbon finance?