Myanmar’s conversion from pariah state to investment opportunity has seen it return to partial international respectability. Could Asia one day offer North Korea a similar chance?

As the regime of Joseph Kabila heads towards its last year in power, a neighboring head of state has just survived provoking a constitutional crisis in order to avoid stepping down. Does Burundi's constitutional seizure foreshadow an electoral crisis next year in its giant neighbor?

Sino-Russian cooperation is a marriage of convenience, one that masks the serious disagreements which would come to light should geopolitical circumstances change.

Britain’s political class lacks a convincing vision for the future of the United Kingdom. They should think harder or face the Union’s dissolution as the country turns away from the wider world.

The current political economy of Russia is failing to deliver on long-term growth economic growth.

The Syrian civil war has created a strategic dilemma for Israel: Is the collapse of the Assad regime worth the risk of what might replace it?

Who benefits from the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) if fast-track legislation ever passes Congress?

The British Conservative Party pulled out a surprise majority in elections last week, but with major issues like EU membership, the rise of regional parties, and a leadership race looming, it won’t all be smooth sailing ahead.

Baathism may be dead in Iraq and endangered in Syria, but its tools and beliefs live on inside the Islamic State.

Expect the tussle over whose law has priority in Argentina’s debt crisis to continue after President Fernández steps down.