The next president must go beyond paying lip service to the rise of Asia and take concrete steps to shape a future in which China and India will be major players, both economically and strategically.

A sustainable political settlement to end the multiple conflicts in Syria will not be possible without a real focus on the challenges of refugee returns. The complexities of the Syrian wars as well as ...

India’s unimpressive economic performance during the era of bipolar competition did not help either. The disastrous interaction of autarky and dirigisme in its development strategy from 1947 to 1991 ...

One of the first to post a response – on his Facebook page – was Houthi leader Salah al-Ezi, who warned that Yemenis, “the people of wisdom, will not submit to the rulers of the devil’s horn,” a ...

In Lebanon, for example, the public debt hit $42 billion in 2006 (185% of the GDP in the same year). In Egypt, the public debt reached about 110% of the GDP in 2006. Perhaps the most important reasons ...

In the late 1940s, only a small constituency within the French administration and armed forces believed that the country should have nuclear weapons. Over time, they gained allies, but there was never ...

There’s a lot to learn from the lobster. Its transformation from disdained prison food to fine-dining delicacy reveals how culture shapes our palate and how people could start to get a taste for food ...

The current transatlantic diplomatic approach to Iran has been successful so far, notably by putting mutually agreed limits on Tehran’s nuclear program with the interim accord of November 2013.

Article 200 gives the armed forces the right, for the first time, to “preserve the constitution and democracy, protect the basic principles of the state and its civil nature, and protect the people’s ...

Forge an agreement about what constitutes a common threat to the alliance. Foreign, defense, and security experts should discuss security at the national level, analyze the threats they believe their ...

Washington’s perspective on and engagement in the region changed dramatically after September 11, when U.S. policy toward Central Asia 2.0 began to take shape. To be sure, there was continued interest ...

Iran's nuclear program is becoming an increasingly large issue in Turkey. Despite abundant publications worldwide about Iran’s alleged efforts to develop nuclear weapons for more than two decades, ...