Escalating a conflict is paradoxically one way to end it. But this strategy can be flawed, particularly in a region like the Middle East.

Punishment for a crime shouldn’t extend to denying women’s fertility when they’re released from prison. Here’s why.

Instead of bringing people together, the World Cup is in danger of being remembered for the climate of exclusion and fear generated by one of its host nations.

Commercial operators are launching more rockets and carrying more passengers than ever before. But international space law was written in the 1960s.