After Patti Solis Doyle and Geraldine Ferraro, Mark Penn is the third senior adviser to Hillary Clinton to step down or be demoted. Each time one of the praetorian guard falls,…

Thirteen months have passed since British Prime Minister Tony Blair described Britain’s military operation in Basra as "successful" and "complete". Like United States President…

Gold prices soared to new records trecently, on the back of oil’s surge, helped by geopolitical tensions and economic uncertainty. The oil price hit $100 a barrel in trading last…

Last week the World Bank published a major book on a crucial aspect of development. The problem was its title. The scandal surrounding its president, Paul Wolfowitz, and the pay…

The back-slapping, the rictus smiles and the standing ovations of the State of the Union speech are integral to the annual ritual. But they could not disguise the hard truth that…

Outside the depleted ranks of the United States’s neoconservatives, few tears are likely to be shed over John Bolton’s resignation as US ambassador to the United Nations.…