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Tensions flare over South China Sea at Asian summit

Japan warned on Monday that a row over the SouthChina Sea could damage “peace and stability” in Asia as China stalled on a plan to ease tensions and disagreements flared between the Philippines and Cambodia over the dispute. The acrimony provided an uneasy backdrop to U.S. President Barack Obama‘s arrival in Cambodia for a regional summit […]

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Why Civil Society Cannot Save the World

Two new books — one condemning the culture of liberal piety embraced by the Nobel Peace Prize, the other detailing the global influence of conservative civil society — underscore the dangers of using Big Ideas to try to save the world. Last week’s decision to award the Nobel peace prize to the European Union only […]

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