The tennis world should be divided into three spheres of influence, and go with three tours: A spring European (clay) circuit, perhaps starting in temperate climes in South American, a summer ...

The problem is that many in the West see “balance of power” and “spheres of influence” as antiquated and less-than-legitimate concepts and therefore largely ignore them. Rather than ...

Compared with the rest of the former Soviet states, Ukraine's economy is barely inching by. Russia's, meanwhile, has grown 246% in less than 20 years.