Since the first Russian troops began invading Crimea, the West has considered various approaches to deter Russian aggression in Ukraine....

In the last half-century, the idea that a regional and economic power has taken no part in military expansion or even intervention seems...

President of Brazil Dilma Rousseff In June 2013, the streets of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil erupted in protest over the rising cost of public...

Over the course of eight months from October to June of this year, 52,000 child immigrants have endured the long and perilous journey to...

On August 19, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), a terrorist group, released a graphic video that depicted the beheading of the...

Images of death and destruction in Gaza have elicited anguished reactions and raised large questions that go well beyond the...

In the past week of unseasonably wet weather, campaign posters like a plague of mushrooms have sprouted across Turkey, a country gearing...

Following the Fukushima disaster in Japan, Germany ambitiously vowed to shut down all its nuclear capacity in favor of renewable energy...

Mariela Castro is both advocate and propaganda machine. Regardless, her efforts towards the LGBTI movement have been derided by some as...

Across the United States, politicians and voters are gearing up for midterm elections, where candidates for local, state and national...

Americans have a notorious sweet tooth. The average American now consumes 20 teaspoons of combined sugars — just under half a cup and...

If Russia wasn’t successful, it was a darker horse that was: an Austrian bearded drag queen who sang an empowering song titled “Rise like...

Google’s army of Street View cars. Photo by Jaap Meijers From charcoal lines on animal hide to complex code in a Silicon Valley server,...

Deeming the Palestinian Authority’s recent thoughts of reconciliation with Hamas  helpful or harmful is premature at best. Such a...

Last Monday outside an Egyptian courtroom, families wept and women fainted after a judge passed down a mass death sentence to more than...

Your average Russian is becoming more religious, and it matters. The Russian Orthodox Church is not only touting an increasingly devoted...

The recent protests by Argentina’s unions against inflation and crime barely scratch the surface of public discontent with Latin...

The two largest sports events of the year come with much fanfare: The NFL’s Super Bowl is famous for multi-million dollar advertisements...

President Michelle Bachelet marked her second inauguration last month wearing the country’s traditional red, white and blue presidential...

Nine days after the publication of Salman Rushdie’s “The Satanic Verses” in 1988, India banned the importation and sale of the book. Four...