Foreign Policy

Four slightly insane -- but not entirely unrealistic -- ways that Vladimir Putin could spike the price of oil to save Russia's economy.

As the Yemen bombing campaign resumes, the wounded are piling up in Sanaa — but the hospitals are starved of supplies to staunch the bleeding.

By Paul McLeary with Ariel Robinson Remember earlier this week when the New York Times and the Washington Post — going on information provided by unnamed U.S. officials — told us that the Islamic State used the cover of a sandstorm to avoid coalition airstrikes while taking Ramadi? It was a unique and fascinating narrative. ...

U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon announced that the United Nations will host peace talks on the conflict in Yemen in Geneva starting May 28. Unlike previous proposals to hold talks in Riyadh, diplomats will meet in a neutral city. The goal of the talks will be to “restore momentum towards a Yemeni-led political transition process,” ...

The new trove of bin Laden documents reveals just how different al Qaeda and the Islamic State really are.

Or, what IR theory can teach you about living a happy and productive life.

The media has been understandably preoccupied with how various Republican candidates for president have sought to explain their positions on Iraq circa 2002. That is a legitimate subject for attention, and it is not unreasonable to expect candidates for the role of commander-in-chief to be able to speak with nuance about the myriad different topics ...

Osama Bin Laden spent the latter years of his life portraying himself as an authority on Islamic law who was qualified to order Muslims around the world to strike Western targets — and then capable of giving them the purported scriptural justifications for their actions.

The administration is emphasizing climate change’s security threat, from the melting Arctic to the boiling Middle East. It is an uphill slog.

Afghan women can't be left out of the negotiations concerning the future of Afghanistan. Both President Obama and President Ghani need to address the historic role of the United States in perpetuating the abject status of Afghan women.

FIFA's imperious president, Sepp Blatter, is poised to win a fifth term using the playbook of the world’s slickest dictators.

This 15-page document outlines how to form homegrown terror cells.

Bye-bye, Shanghai. Three maps show the immense damage rising sea levels could do.

Incidents of road rage there have spiked. So has the hostility towards women drivers.

While Malaysia and Indonesia’s offer may save the lives of the thousands of Rohingya and Bangladeshi migrants who have been starving on over-crowded boats as monsoon season ramps up, it does nothing to resolve the broader issues behind the crisis.

The White House shot down a claim by North Korea on Wednesday that the rogue state has developed the technology to miniaturize nuclear weapons, an important step in developing a nuclear missile.

Forty years ago, Sikkim was officially annexed by India. Since then, the former monarchy has struggled to hold onto its traditional character.

How a group of scientists and engineers turned to the human immune system to revolutionize road repair.

Among the documents recovered from bin Laden's Pakistani compound in 2011 were 19 publications regarding France.

Desperate to shore up his flagging popularity, Viktor Orbán is embracing the far right.