What is at stake as economic ties careen off the rails is overall global security and economic stability for years to come.

Even though cardinals don't campaign for the job, there are always front-runners going into a conclave to choose the next ...

The President is at the center of a brazenly transactional ecosystem that rewards flattery and lockstep loyalty.

The idea of an American pope has long been taboo, given the geopolitical power already wielded by the United States ... team that helped negotiate the end of Mozambique’s civil war in the 1990s and ...

The U.S. proposal includes recognition of Russia’s annexation of Crimea and blocking Ukraine from joining NATO.