One does not need to be a hardliner on China, just a global realist, to see that there is a vast gap between Xi’s rhetoric and reality.

Russia’s and Turkey’s lack of a solid economic performance is what motivates their two leaders’ steady resorting to domestic oppression.

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is the first African and the first woman to serve in the WTO’s top post. But she faces formidable challenges.

No government can guarantee our happiness. That depends on our own efforts and luck. But government can make it harder or easier to attain happiness.

Reflections on the fragility of academic freedoms and human rights.