Taiwanese independence revisited

An embarrassment over Taiwan at the democracy summit raises again the question of how to think about Taiwan's ambiguous status.

War fears in the Balkans

Kosovo's prime minister warns of warlike Serbian intentions, raising fears of a return to the 1990s in the Balkans.

Compare and contrast: Colin Powell and News Corp.

France commemorates two atrocities with differing political implications: an assassination last year and a massacre sixty years ago.

Russia votes on Sunday to elect another tame parliament for Vladimir Putin, although his party looks like having a reduced majority.

Last weekend's coup in Guinea is a lesson in why democratic backsliding should be taken more seriously.

Afghanistan isn't the only place where an anti-American autocracy has picked up where it left off. Nicaragua has already been there.

Ukraine and other former Soviet republics are celebrating 30 years of independence, but their place in the world still has elements of uncertainty.

The death this week of a brutal twentieth-century dictator reminds us of how routine his crimes used to appear.

There's an interesting and important debate over the Chinese government's intentions towards Taiwan, and it's unlikely to be resolved any time soon.