Tensions between Beijing and Taipei have escalated in recent times to the point that they could provoke a serious conventional, and some analysts believe even nuclear, war between the United States and the People’s Republic of China. The Cold War between Washington and Beijing, although...

Tunisian President Kais Said dissolved parliament on July 25th, removing the prime minister temporarily by decree. Encouraged by military and security officials, Sayed also lifted parliamentary immunity for democratically elected lawmakers, threatening to subject allegedly corrupt lawmakers to the...