Kurdish battle positions Kurds as US ally against Iran.

Macron’s important reform move on EU posted workers’ directive goes to complete waste in the UK.

Sextortion – the demand for sexual favors by powerful men – is especially prevalent in poor countries. It is the least investigated form of corruption in the world.

For all the talk of “America First,” Trump is a full-blown corporate internationalist.

What to make of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s recent disavowal of the kingdom’s founding religious ideology?

For the country’s poor, the American dream is a living nightmare which is heightened by Trump’s ill-conceived budget.

Which development model today among the Big Three – Europe, the US or China – best fosters economic and environmental sustainability?

The European Way has great potential to nudge the world forward.

Is the role of the Pentagon and its former brass under Trump similar to the former KGB in post-Soviet Russia?

How the Gulf crisis and global pressure related to the 2022 World Cup may have induced Qatar’s leaders to launch important reform to advance social change.