Authoritarian consolidation might have accelerated border deal-making on the paper, but it may also impede deal-making on the ground.

China's efforts to build up huge business interests across Africa have been accompanied by a careful policy of maintaining ...

Israel expands its military reach, facing rising unrest and global tensions as Netanyahu's power hinges on ongoing conflict.

Today is the International Theater Day. Once it was a wonderful holiday, because actors and directors created works of art ...

In years past, Israel might have been content to stop there. But its current leaders favour an unbridled assertion of power, some for pragmatic reasons, others for ideological ones. They are seizing ...