Russia’s bold entry into Syria’s civil war could end badly for its leadership.

The scenes of desperate refugees making their way through a gauntlet of impediments — including hastily unfurled barbed-wire fences, ill-tempered border guards and angry residents — have been horrific, reminiscent of Europe’s darkest decades.They are a stark reminder that Europe

Negotiators from the two Koreas appear to have resolved this month’s crisis, in which South Korea’s use of loudspeakers to broadcast messages across the demilitarised zone spurred threats of war from the North.That is welcome news for the region and the world: amid growing fears

It didn’t take long, but, according to the Korea Central News Agency, the North Koreans are underwhelmed by the Iran nuclear deal — and thus unlikely to follow suit.

President Barack Obama’s decision to increase the number of American troops on the ground in Iraq, and to base them in Sunni-dominated Anbar province, has sparked wide discussion.In the United States, the public debate has turned to the lessons of Vietnam, where incremental deplo

Conflict and crisis may seem to be unique to their participants and contemporaries. But such episodes often play out according to distinct patterns — though usually after the events that comprise them have faded from our collective memory.

The Middle East has not been easy on US presidents over the past seven decades. Historically, support for Israel and its right to exist within defensible borders has been tenuously balanced against the need to defend shipping lanes for oil and otherwise protecting world energy s

When the foreign ministers of China, South Korea and Japan convened in Seoul recently to discuss potential cooperation on a range of issues, from counterterrorism to air pollution, it was the first time they had met in nearly three years. But, beyond agreeing to hold a trilatera

Nowadays, all eyes are on North Korea’s alleged newfound cyber capabilities. If the recent attack on Sony Pictures’ computers really did originate there, as United States officials charge, was it an act of sabotage, vandalism, terrorism, or, to use neoconservatives&r