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Officials in Cape Town, South Africa, say they could soon be the first major city to run out of water. Michael Tiboris cites three reasons for this crisis.

Insurgent strength may grow and shrink over time, but the Taliban are no nearer to defeat today than they were a day or a decade ago. Meanwhile, America’s longest war grinds on.

Dina Smeltz discusses public opinion poll results regarding US-Russia relations.

Can Olympic diplomacy really defuse the threat of war on the Korean Peninsula?

What happens after Ayatollah Khamenei leaves office or dies?

Climate change, economic inequality, and political unrest are making some of the world's fastest-growing cities dangerously unstable. But even the most fragile places are fixable.

Although there is no question that Moscow's meddling in American elections is deeply worrying, it is just one aspect of the threat Russia poses.

In his new book The Ordinary Virtues, the writer and politician Michael Ignatieff reveals the “moral operating systems” that keep cities together.

Having rejected its demagogues just a few years ago, the region is now poised to welcome them back.

Ending hunger and chronic malnutrition remains within our grasp. However, we must recognize that there is a global reversal of a decades-long downward trend in the number of hungry people.