Ten people who passed away this year who shaped world affairs for better or worse.

Activists from the WWF demonstrate on the sidelines of the UN Climate Change Conference COP16 in Cancun (Gerardo Garcia/Courtesy Reuters). As delegates from nearly 200 countries prepare to descend o…

Government Accountability Office, State and DOD Face Challenges in Finalizing Support and Security Capabilities, June 28, 2012. The Departments of State (State) and Defense (DOD) planned for a civil…

For those who were born in the Chinese countryside in the 1970s, the story of my birth—as my mother used to tell me—is not atypical. When the labor pains began, my mom sent my siblings to the local m…