The UK prime minister's call to cut aid over gay rights is a play to a domestic audience.

When the G8 major economies convened at Camp David last weekend, the continuing crisis of the euro, common currency of 17 European Union (EU) members, dominated the economic discussions. The agonies of Greece, badly divided in recent parliamentary elections, and forced to vote again on 17 June, were at the forefront.

Stability seems to be the watchword in the aftermath of Kim Jong-il’s death. Leaders in the United States, across Asia, and even in Europe have been calling for stability on the Korean peninsula. But as nice as stability might be, it is not difficult to imagine things getting very messy very quickly in Northeast Asia. Forthwith, the top five ways things could go wrong in the Hermit Kingdom.

London’s success in attracting financial transactions and securities offerings from U.S. markets has sparked interest in the Financial Services Authority (FSA), the coordinating body for financial services regulation in the United Kingdom. The U.S. regulatory system for financial services is highly decentralized—even fragmented—while the UK’s system is strongly centralized. U.S....

What do "Left" and "Right" still mean in British politics?

As NATO summits go, this weekend's meeting of the alliance's members in Chicago may be memorable if only for being the least memorable one in recent history. Of course, quiet summits are not necessarily bad summits. 

The U.S. could choose to follow the lead of the United Kingdom, where all arrestees suspected of serious offenses are included in a DNA database. New research shows the approach would save 415 lives per year.