President Donald J. Trump's firing of FBI Director James Comey is unprecedented, as is much of what Trump has undertaken as president. Despite similarities with President Richard M. Nixon's infamous “Saturday Night Massacre” 44 years ago, during the Watergate scandal, the political situations are utterly different.

Turkey's president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, is cracking down on Turkish civil society following the failed coup in July. Beyond purging

Every spring, international bureaucrats flock to Washington, DC, as reliably as swallows to Capistrano, for the annual meetings of the

The likely victory of Emmanuel Macron in the French presidential election has elicited a global sigh of relief.

Ivividly remember French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen's first appearance on television. It was just before the 2002 presidential

After the United Kingdom's unexpected vote to leave the European Union and Donald Trump's unexpected triumph in the US

Turkish voters had a clear-cut choice when they cast ballots on Easter Sunday in a referendum on 18 constitutional amendments already approved by the National Assembly.

Relations between India and China haven't been particularly warm in recent months.

Today, a quarter-century after the Cold War's end, the West and Russia are again at odds. This time, though, at least on one side, the

The three great Theresas in history are all saints. The most recent to be canonised was Mother Teresa, a tireless charity worker and controversial campaigner for the poor; the first was Teresa of Ávila, one of the Catholic Church's most dynamic and powerful personalities during the sixteenth century.

Historians may come to see the American actor Alec Baldwin as US President Donald Trump's most useful ally. Baldwin's frequent and widely viewed impersonations of Trump on the comedy show “Saturday Night Live” turn Trumpism into a farce, blinding the president's political opponents to the seriousness of his ideology.

China continues to experience rapid urbanisation – a phenomenon that contributed substantially to past poverty reduction, but that also places a growing number of urban dwellers at risk of destitution.

European Union heads of state just gathered to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Rome...

America first,” thumps Donald Trump. “Britain first,” say the advocates of Brexit. “France first,” crows Marine Le Pen and her National Front.

The “hunger games” aspect of this French election cycle began on the left. President François Hollande was brought down by his own Socialist Party. Hollande's prime minister, Manuel Valls, became the second course at the cannibals' banquet.

A new crisis is brewing on the Korean Peninsula. In mid-February, North Korea conducted an intermediate-range ballistic missile test.

People today enjoy not just abundance, but an unprecedented variety of choices, which constitutes a significant boost to overall wealth. But just how significant is that boost?

When a young girl is pushed into marriage, the damage can last long after her wedding day. Research shows that girls who marry...

After the annus horribilis that was 2016, most political observers believe that the liberal world order is in serious trouble. But that is

World leaders seem to be at a loss about how to approach relations with US President Donald Trump, given his worrying positions and often-bizarre behaviour toward politicians and the media, allies and enemies alike.