The two major candidates in Alaska's U.S. Senate race urged supporters to be patient as results began coming in late Tuesday, delivering rousing speeches and expressing confidence against the backdrop of the fallout from allegations of partisan tricks to recruit a candidate with the same name as the Republican incumbent.

Washington is at risk of making the same mistake with Iran that it has made for nearly five decades: believing that enough economic pressure will eventually force the Islamic Republic to change its behavior. Recent reporting suggests that CIA Director John Ratcliffe has advised President Donald Trump to maintain a “no war, no deal” approach, […]

Demographics are destiny. The foundations of the European Monetary Union, which provides the financial underpinning for the European Union, and its central bank, the European Central Bank, are increasingly fragile. Without significant structural reforms in its member countries, the EMU will unravel. Across the currency union, public spending on pensions hovers around 12% of GDP. […]