Elizabeth Warren was born in 1949, in Oklahoma, US. Her father worked mainly as a maintenance man and her mother did catalog-order work. At age 16she became a state debate champion and…

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 everywhere. China’s overseas investments span the globe…

When India’s prime minister, Narendra Modi, ran for the top job five years ago, he campaigned as the country’s best hope for economic reform. The government he ran against, led by the Congress party,…

Over the past two years, a bipartisan consensus has emerged thatthe United Statesshould leaveAfghanistan. This summer, PresidentDonald Trumprepeatedly claimed that he wanted out. So did the…

When Poland’s right-wing Law and Justice party (PiS) first rose to power in 2015, some liberal commentators dismissed the populist upsurge as an aberration. For years, the governing majority party…

In a world aflame with protest,Latin Americastands out as a raging ten-alarm fire. FromBoliviatoEcuador,HaititoHonduras, the closing months of 2019 have seen enormous, sometimes violent…

The Sultanate of Oman, the oldest independent state in the Arab world, voted this week to elect an 86 member consultative council. Oman’s location at the mouth of the Gulf at the south-east corner of…

In 2015, over 1.2 million asylum seekers arrived in theEuropean Union. They were fleeing war zones inAfghanistan,South Sudan, andSyria; economic deprivation inNigeriaandPakistan; and political…

The din of partisanship in Washington quieted briefly this weekend as figures across the political spectrum hailed the demise of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. Early reports indicate intelligence…

A Non-Traditional Royal Background Emperor Naruhito was born on February 23, 1960, in the Imperial Household Agency Hospital at Tokyo Imperial…