A tale of gas and oil, opium and hypocrisy: If climate activists are unable to convince the richest country in the world of the benefits of climate control, how do they plan to convince Mexico, Nigeria or Russia?

Reflections on the need to guard against the false prophets of making hay out of the current situation by effectively doing China’s bidding inside Europe, especially inside Germany.

Unless the U.S. can accept a more modest role in a multipolar world, more Afghanistan-type misadventures are inevitable.

Tracing my mother’s journey from Warsaw to New Zealand via Palestine.

Domestic peace at long last? Sudan’s fraught path to the ICC in The Hague.

Plus: A recipe for Southeast Asian bumbu sauce

Afghanistan could emerge as a venue for Middle Eastern rivalries.

The Republican Party is utterly unprepared for the hard realities of relative U.S. decline vis-à-vis China.

Explaining one of the world’s most unique culinary traditions.

Like the world’s dwindling forests, the stars at night are also in danger of disappearing.