IS CHINA destined to dominate the Asia-Pacific? Among US allies and partners in the region, there seems to be a growing doubt that America can...

By Leonid Bershidsky PRESIDENT Donald Trump keeps bragging about the stock index gains since his election. He did so again on Friday, claiming he’d helped...

By Faye Flam THIS year it was easy for any story about science or nature to get, quite literally, eclipsed. When the world wasn’t fixated...

By Stephen L. Carter I JOIN the legion of amateur prognosticators who offer guesses about what will happen in 2018. Once again, I borrow my...

Oil’s revival from the biggest crash in a generation persisted, with prices set for a second annual gain after weathering everything from hurricanes and Middle...

By Megan McArdle WHAT is bitcoin good for? This may be a question you’ve asked yourself, looking at the recent runup in prices. Why, exactly,...

Investors rejoicing over the Philippine peso’s rally to a six-month high should beware: the currency is predicted to be Asia’s worst performer next year. The...

AS China continues to transform disputed territory in the South China Sea into features capable of sustaining air and naval bases, Vietnam is also upgrading...

By Eli Lake AMBASSADOR Nikki Haley’s remarks this week at the United Nations after North Korea’s latest missile test sounded like what a superpower should...

China’s President Xi Jinping likes to talk of “win-win” diplomacy and this week’s official visit by President Donald Trump to Beijing would seem to fall...