Technological advances and social media make it easy to disseminate information about the ill-treatment of journalists

ICJ decision on whaling will have few practical consequences with Japan, Australia trade agreement the bigger fish.

Malaysian govt’s incompetence, callousness in dealing with crisis of MH370 has sparked widespread dissatisfaction.

Principled foreign policy decisions need not equate to idealistic, cloistered foreign policy decisions.

Until the opposition in Syria can coalesce around a common goal, they will struggle to complete their own revolution.

No one knows what will come of committee’s report, though full compliance with recommendations is wishful thinking.

Women need to be at the table: in Davos, Montreux and everywhere in between.

Political leaders in Europe, North America were largely caught off-guard by civil war underway in South Sudan.

There have been repeated attempts to clean up palm oil industry in the past, but this is expensive and time-consuming.

Most observers don’t believe this latest territorial tantrum will lead to a full-blown military confrontation.