As America looks the other way, the Kremlin is filling the Middle East power vacuum.
China says it has no political prisoners. A U.S. government database disagrees.
The strengths of both multi-party democracy and China’s consensus-driven politics also contain their flaws. History will judge which works better.
The Chinese city of Rizhao wants to go carbon neutral. It’s a tough job. http://huff.to/2n32ila
David Biello is the science curator at TED Talks and the author of "The Unnatural World: The Race to Remake Civilization in Earth's Newest Age."
Kim’s reckless missile tests challenge America’s untested new president. A clash between the two most unpredictable leaders in the world is a perilous prospect.
Contra today’s populist spirit, America’s architects delegated authority to the few who would step back from the popular passions of prejudice and narrow self-inter
“Populism exists because institutions are elite-driven,” but democracies don’t work well without elites, says the acclaimed author of The End of History.
He can start by letting America’s mayors take the lead.
A historian argues that the leveling of inequality has always entailed war or disaster. A top scientist looks at how robots and biotech will shape the future.
As a freelance journalist based out of Berlin, Yermi Brenner reports on migration issues and minorities in Germany and throughout Europe.
Upcoming elections on the continent could result in a “reverse domino” pattern that favors the electoral center over extremist politics.