If the Ukraine crisis continues and relations between Russia and the West deteriorate further, the implications will be grim in a number of areas, including cybersecurity.

Publics increasingly want to place their faith in people whose work they can understand and scrutinize directly. Could a bigger role for mayors be the answer?

As the 2014 football World Cup gets under way in Brazil, the host nation remains a country dogged by corruption, mismanagement, and underinvestment in public services.

If the people of Scotland vote for independence in a forthcoming referendum, that decision will have major consequences for both the United Kingdom and the European Union.

The six countries leading diplomatic efforts with Iran are at odds over many strategic issues. But Tehran’s nuclear program is one area of global policy that unites them all.

The system described by Winston Churchill as “the worst form of government except all the others” may look damaged these days. But parliaments still play a vital role.

Is the Arab Spring comparable to the 1848 revolution or the Thirty Years War in Europe? Historical analogies are close enough to induce humility and pessimism.

Brazil’s government appears to be responding to the demands of recent protests. That is good news—but more is needed, especially in the run-up to next year’s World Cup.

The UK Independence Party is a real threat to Britain’s Tories. This has given the Conservative Party’s right wing leverage over Cameron on the issue of the UK’s EU membership.

Big companies take advantage of tax competition between EU countries. But is it fair to blame them? No, it is the EU that should be fixing this problem.