Each country interested in energy exploration in the sea faces limitations that could inhibit commercial success.

The end of the Afghan president's leadership is complicating already tenuous negotiations with the Taliban.

Creating an office of the vice president can be a dangerous proposition.

With snap military exercises, Moscow shows its willingness to undergo risk to prepare for future combat.

Diverse threats posed by Naypyidaw's opening have provided the military government an opportunity to preserve its power.

A proposed multilateral BRICS bank could indicate that the global financial order has outgrown the European age.

The Chinese president's visits to Russia and Africa revealed Beijing's limitations as well as its strength as a regional power.

The president used his charisma and position to try to persuade Israelis to align their desires with those of the United States.

The Cypriot crisis weakens the island's banking sector and government, and underlines questions about the European Union's legitimacy.

Tehran has been the biggest beneficiary of the U.S.-effected regime change in Baghdad.