China’s economic strategy is no secret. In the short term,Beijingwill grow the country’s economy by manufacturing and exporting cheap, globally competitive goods. Over the longer term, it will build…

In less than three years,U.S.PresidentDonald Trumphas had three wildly different national security advisers: a campaign aide with a checkered past, a respected general, and an ideologue with strong…

The second round of Tunisia’s presidential election will be a choice of two political outsiders after they topped the first round of voting on Sunday: Kais Saied, an independent candidate and a law…

An apparent Iranian attack on Saudi oil facilities has escalated tensions in the Gulf to new heights. American officials swiftly dismissed Houthi claims of responsibility and pointed an accusing…

Carrie Lam, a Roman Catholic, was born in Hong Kong and comes from a working class background. 1982, as a civil servant, the Hong Kong government funded her one year-diploma course at…

TheHoly Seeandthe United Statesonce had a close partnership. UnderU.S.PresidentRonald Reagan, for instance, the CIA provided regular briefings toPope John Paul II, asthe Vaticancoordinated…

After months of closed-door negotiations inDoha, Qatar,the United Statesappears close to finalizing a deal with theTalibanthat would end Washington’s 18-year war inAfghanistan. The agreement would…

Despite all its shortcomings, Brexit has some redeeming factors. For one thing, it has highlighted how disenfranchised the country’s voter base feels. It also gave smaller parties and independents a…

Boris Johnson has racked up a new record by losing yet another major vote in parliament on Monday evening, over his second bid to dissolve parliament and hold an early general election on October 15…

President Trump’s National Security Advisor John Bolton is known as the man who never met a war he didn't like and for managing to be in the headlines even when he has said nothing in public. With…