The president laudably proceeded with care and caution, but he was unable to calm the storms buffeting the global order.

Such territorial acquisitions were a relatively common practice in the age of overseas empires, but it’s nearly unheard of ...

Fortunately, there’s an interactive map that can help with that. As Boing Boing explains, TimeMap.org combines the what, who, ...

Donald Trump will reenter the White House to face a world racked by historic conflicts and humanitarian crises, but the ...

Ian Bremmer of the Eurasia Group says a volatile Mideast, Russian disruption and a strained U.S.-China relationship could all ...

In Lebanon, many saw the election on Thursday of Gen. Joseph Aoun, the commander of the Lebanese military, as a crucial step ...

President-elect Donald Trump made some news earlier this week by suggesting he would rename the Gulf of Mexico and call it ...

From time immemorial, the global map has undergone numerous changes, and has continued to evolve. This evolution is primarily ...

Having established power over Republican politics in the US, the industrialist is now intervening in European politics—and is ...

Across 36 countries, a median of 54% say the gap between the rich and poor is a very big problem in their nation.

Leading a cohort of next-generation Southern leaders in both parties, Carter grafted the region back on the national map by repudiating Jim Crow, firmly and finally extinguishing George Wallace as a ...

Are we witnessing the unfolding of a prophetic script, or are these just the natural ebbs and flows of political power?