The ginger-haired Jesus, by Paul Gauguin. As a painter, especially in his early years, Gauguin could be…

What if an election is held and no one votes? This question now confrontsAlgeria, where the government of interim PresidentAbdelkader Bensalahhas…

WHAT’S IN A NAME? AN ENTIRE SOAP OPERA, APPARENTLY. I have always had a problem with the way popular culture has treated the reputation of the…

The defining geopolitical story of our time is the slow death ofU.S.hegemony in favor of a rising China. Harbingers of Beijing’s ascent are…

In late June, the leaders ofChinaandthe United Statesannounced at the G-20 meeting inOsaka, Japan, that they had reached a détente in their trade war…

Masses of people have taken to the streets of Baghdad and several southern provinces, angry over corruption, poor public services and lack…

The din of partisanship in Washington quieted briefly this weekend as figures across the political spectrum hailed the demise of ISIS leader Abu Bakr…

As world leaders gathered on Monday for the Climate Action Summit at theUN General Assembly, it is sadly clear that the prospect of rising global…

InAugust 2008, I visited a hospital roughly 100 miles outside the Zimbabwean capital,Harare. Hundreds of patients lay in overcrowded wards and on…

On the night ofAugust 17, as over 1,000 guests danced at a wedding celebration inDubaiCity, a hall inKabulnamed after the Afghan elite’s favorite…