Argument

The pace of violent and chaotic events around the world is speeding up. That’s probably not a coincidence.

Tunisia desperately needs to reform its bloated public sector. But organized labor is digging in its heels.

The EU’s piecemeal solutions are coming apart. Only a surge of financial and political creativity can avoid a catastrophe.

The aid community often ignores the wishes of the very people it’s supposed to be helping. The world needs a more bottom-up approach to development.

The United States has a bad record on supporting democracy in Turkey — but it’s never too late to change.

And other lessons about the GOP's overblown, dangerous rhetoric about radical jihadi terrorism.

The Pennsylvania-based cleric is a leading reformer of moderate Islam — either that, or the head of a dangerous terrorist organization.

There wouldn’t be Pikachu without kawaii, Japan’s highly addictive cult of cuteness.

The Saudi government still says it had no connection to the hijackers. Newly released classified information proves otherwise.

And why Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s craven excesses made it so inevitable.

The country's extraordinary anti-terrorism measures are on the way to becoming entirely ordinary.