As Syrian refugee parents fight for food and their children's survival, the policy conversation happening in America could not feel more remote – or more off-base.

Privacy laws are as central to German identity as beer and bratwurst. But as terror attacks mount, Germans are rethinking their relationship to Big Brother.

Engaging men and boys in addressing sexual and gender-based violence in conflict

Instead of the world shutting the door to Syrian and other Middle Eastern refugees, a newly forming anti-Islamic State coalition should invite these people to join a new operational force and give them the training, resources and support needed to liberate their lands and reclaim their homes.

Germany’s diversified steelmaker is expected to report net profit growth for fiscal year 2015.

Berlin photographer Lars Nickel has a day job as a window washer. As he squeegeed the massive windows on the stunning altbau  apartments in Germany’s capital city, he also observed the light filtering in and started asking residents if he could take portraits of them in their apartments, home-style. The result of this five-year project is his photo book, Beletage. It showcases the high ceilings, wood floors, massive windows and simple, clean aesthetic you find in many of the apartment buildings in Berlin. More than that, it capture the humans of modern Berlin in their natural environs. Some of the images capture their attitude, their mood and die Moden (their fashions) at the dawn of a new Century.

Learn about alumnus Bradley Shingleton's new book The Global Ethic and Law: Intersections and Interactions in his article from the Carnegie Council for Ethics and International Affairs.

Americans don’t picture motorcycling as a sport for aesthetes who sip espresso and listen to classical music after a brisk ride. So will electric motorcycles — bikes that quietly run on batteries — ever threaten to replace the earth-rumbling, eardrum numbing, fossil-fuel-burning machine? Will we see a Tesla of the motorcycle industry?

The Cleveland debate has paid handsome dividends for this former chief executive of Hewlett-Packard. In one week, she’s shot up in the polls – to tie for third nationally in a Rasmussen poll.

How China and Europe Forged Stronger Ties