Mr Putin’s Ukrainian gambit

Many people who should know better are talking up the chances of a Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Putin on two fronts

Just as he's busy with a game of bluff with the west over Ukraine, Vladimir Putin finds himself distracted by a crisis in Kazakhstan.

The electoral year ends with Libya's presidential election postponed again, in a symptom of the country's failure of governance.

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

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.