Flush with jobs and potential workers, Germany is stymied by this cultural quirk
There is no shortage of jokes about the German language. Mark Twain practically has the crowded market cornered, but Richard Porson, an 18th century...
Which court will hear Volkswagen class actions?
Here's how fast class actions against Volkswagen are proliferating.
Last Tuesday, when the California firm Morris Polich & Purdy filed the initial motion to consolidate...
The best reason for Iran deal? The West will learn where to drop bombs.
In the emotional debate in Congress over the Iran nuclear deal, both sides claim they do not want war.
But their ways to avoid it...
The war in Afghanistan has so far cost $33,000 per citizen. And will not...
Fourteen years old this month, the West's war in Afghanistan had all but vanished from the headlines. Even before the fall of Kunduz this...
Russia's fight in Syria reflects the Kremlin's fears at home
Russian tactical fighters have arrived in Syria, to join the tanks, transport and attack helicopters, and troops reportedly already delivered. These deployments have triggered...
Imperial overreach How Putin's move into Syria could bring his government down
In his United Nations speech on Monday, Russian President Vladimir Putin called on the world to join Russia's fight against terrorism while preserving Syria...
Fahd Abdullah Al-Mubarak takes #2 on Public Investor 100-2015
SWFI Staff has released the Public Investor 100. He ranks 2 of 100 for the SWFI Public Investor 100-2015.
Governor Fahad Abdullah Al-Mubarak of the...
Trouble looms for developing countries as commodity revenues collapse
Slumping commodity prices pose a serious challenge to economic and political stability in developing economies across Latin America, Africa, the Middle East and Asia.
According...
What Obama can learn from Vladimir Putin
As President Barack Obama prepares to sit down with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New...
Why migrants are going to great lengths to avoid this EU country
Nine months after Fadi, a refugee from Homs, Syria, landed in Cyprus on a boat carrying some 340 smuggled refugees, he still had not...
