Until the terrorist attacks of 9/11, the American view of radical Islam and its many discontents was shaped more by the Middle East than South Asia. The U.S. has long been at odds with the raging Ayatollah in Iran, the murderous truck bomber in Lebanon and the masked Palestinian "freedom...

India’s education policies should encourage private initiative and focus on learning outcomes

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

Absent high-quality retraining, it's easy for workers in dying industries to get stuck, for their skills to atrophy, and for their networks and work habits to erode. All of this shrinks the supply of skilled workers, discouraging employers and leading many big firms to look overseas.

A coherent vision for federal education policy starts not by micromanaging schools, but by focusing on the four functions Washington alone can perform.

After years of undeniable if uneven progress in Russia, a rising chorus of critics is warning that President Vladimir Putin has taken the country in a dangerous and destabilizing new direction. From the pursuit of a heavy-handed foreign policy to the recentralization of power in the Kremlin and the assault...

After years of undeniable—if uneven—progress in Russia, a rising chorus of critics is warning that President Vladimir Putin has taken the country in a dangerous and destabilizing new direction. From the pursuit of a heavy-handed foreign policy to the recentralization of power in the Kremlin and the assault on the...

There's no way to spin the Rev. Terry Jones' idiotic stunt as anything other than morally ugly and tactically unhelpful.