Bill Powell

More than a million Rohingya are not welcome in Myanmar, or anywhere else.

The Soviet system failed because it didn't work; China will be a tougher adversary.

The U.S. for decades has helped integrate China into the global system. That era may be ending.

Not only is Russia's president, Vladimir Putin, still standing, but the Russian economy, against most expectations, is actually recovering.

A decade ago, China's currency was very lightly traded abroad. Now it is one of the five most heavily traded in the world.

A new book argues the American establishment has made a major miscalculation on China.

The murder of Boris Nemtsov strikes at the heart of the opposition to Vladimir Putin

Add a crackdown on Christians helping North Koreans to Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un's most horrible hits.

The global economy is in danger from a spiral of deflation and currency wars.

As the price of crude crumbles along with the ruble, Russia peers into the abyss.

America has no chance of defeating ISIS unless it can win over the Sunni tribes in Iraq and Syria.

China has run out of miracles. Can an authoritarian government whose legitimacy is tethered to economic progress survive a new era of slower growth?

Kim Jong Un, now 31, hasn't been seen in public in nearly a month, despite the recent convening of an important parliamentary session of the country's ruling party—the Korean Worker's party.

With the U.S. and Europe distracted by ISIS, Putin is pressing on all fronts

A violent crackdown could sink China's economy, and put pressure on the Communist party

It's a good sign that Hong Kong's chief executive has sought discussions; now Beijing needs to give protesters a way out

In Shanghai and across China, people are finding out about the protests in Hong Kong, and that makes Beijing nervous

Pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong stem from Beijing's communist leaders reneging on promises it made about self government.

In Chongqing, text and walk—but only in the cell phone lane

When Xiao Jun thought of his boyfriend, he was zapped with electricity. Now he's suing.

Apple, Google, Microsoft…Alibaba? One of the biggest IPOs in history is about to drop, and it could change the power grid in the digital world

With Russia reopening a spy base in Cuba, are we in line for Cuban Missile Crisis II?

Sending regular troops into Ukraine is fraught with risks. Besides, time is on the Russian leader's side

Punishment on Russia could create "serious blowback in global markets"

The Russian president has a problem telling the truth, as his remarks about Ukraine prove

Japan rethinks its pacifist constitution, alarming its neighbors

The Middle East is engulfed in chaos, with Al-Qaeda and its radical Sunni offshoots metastasizing and on the march

China and Russia are dramatically expanding their navies in a bid to project power around the world.

The Middle East is engulfed in chaos, with Al-Qaeda and its radical Sunni offshoots metastasizing and on the march

The 19th-century belief in naval supremacy is back, but now China and Russia are striving for supremacy