The attack in Nice demonstrated once again that open societies have so many vulnerable targets that the opportunities for carnage are numerous.

Trump and Clinton represent two very different potential trajectories for America’s future global role.

It is understandable that Americans focus their attention on the Middle East. But is this where Americans should be focusing their attention if they are looking for large-scale threats?

Stepping back from the everyday events and looking at what’s going on from 20,000 feet, we have to ask a question: has World War III begun and we don’t even know it?

So I think it is fair to ask two questions: is Sanders a socialist? And is Denmark a place to which the United States should aspire?

Well Santa has come and gone, at least for the largest proportion of the world’s population. And, as we reach the end of the year, it is inevitably time to review recent trends and the prospects for 2016.

The downing of Russia’s plane by Turkish military forces over the skies of the Syrian-Turkish border has added yet another layer of complexity to the vortex of conflict in the Middle East.

When in Paris after the Charlie Hebdo attacks last January, I wrote a column suggesting that we all had to demonstrate a new toughness.

To many, it feels as if the world is becoming a more violent place. Surprisingly, perhaps, the opposite is true: fewer people die in wars than ever before.