"...the fall of Mosul does not represent the end of ISIS, and it might not even represent the beginning of the end"

Perceptions of homeland among Puerto Rican and Cuban communities in America

While protecting the right to religious freedom is of utmost importance, India struggles with social evils that are condoned by some of these personal laws...

The tragic events in San Bernandino and Paris last year were indisputably deliberate acts of terrorism in which innocent, unarmed civilians were killed. Rooted in these acts was the exploitation of a zealous religious ideology, which is crucial to understand if we are to defeat the organizations and the ideology that promotes their activities.

Cuba as an example of the dangers of communist failure. It will take time for these perceptions to evolve. What is indisputable is that Obama took bold and decisive action regarding Cuba.

“You’re with us or against us” statements will not convince others to stand with the United States but will instead leave the United States out of other institutions like the AIIB or ASEAN. It is time that American leaders acknowledge the reality of US-China relations and, going forward, focus on collaboration rather than competition.

The question is ultimately whether the world is experiencing a short-term market disruption or an entirely new equilibrium over lower prices. This distinction will, of course, have huge effects on future Saudi policy.

North Korea’s Juche Myth is a highly opinionated book that makes a compelling case for its own interpretation of Juche and is best suited for students and scholars of East Asian politics.

In some respects, the current Somali refugee crisis began when the sitting president and despot, Siad Barre, was toppled from power by a combined force of opposition rebel groups in 1991.

“Despite large sample sizes that were carefully distributed by caste, class, and religion, no pollster came close to gauging the mood of the electorate, a telling sign of a rapidly changing political climate in India that is today impossible to quantify in terms of mere identity politics."

On Saturday, November 7, 2015, Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou met with Chinese president and Communist Party general secretary Xi Jinping in Singapore. This meeting was the highest level encounter between leaders from the two sides of the Taiwan Strait since 1949.

“World peace cannot be safeguarded without the making of creative efforts proportionate to the dangers which threaten it.”

President Obama announced his rejection of the Keystone XL pipeline project, which had called for a 1,179-mile shortcut in existing pipelines that stretch from oil fields in Alberta, Canada, to refineries and ports on the Gulf of Mexico

Web Columnist Brian Solender explores the nature of the new American foreign policy in the Middle East

Rekha Kennedy, a Columbia junior currently studying abroad in turkey on the country's recent election

The upheaval in the Ukraine is rapidly escalating; we've compiled the best thinking on the topic to help you keep up