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With Allies Like These...
The Greece-Turkey Rift Widens

A contentious court case is reviving old animosities between Ankara and Athens.

After Brexit
EU to UK: All Your Money Are Belong to Us

A cool €100 billion is the new estimated Brexit tax that the EU may ask Britain to pay.

Mixed Messages
Trump Sows Confusion in Seoul

Trump’s latest outburst on THAAD and trade will hardly help shore up U.S.-South Korean relations.

the 45th president
100 Days in and the Reichstag Hasn’t Burned Yet

Those prophesying apocalyptic doom under President Trump have not come out looking so good.

Education Transformation
The Vanishing Liberal Arts Degree

Students are majoring in liberal arts at the lowest rate since 1948—and maybe even since 1900, depending on how you look at things.

EU's Future
Macron Wins the First Round

Will a win for the “radical center” signal anything more than a slow decline of the status quo toward failure?

Blue Boondoggles
Paying for Silicon Valley’s Transit Upgrade

If federalism means anything at all, it means that states and cities should, unless some grave emergency exists, be responsible for their own transit and transportation infrastructure.

How do you solve a problem like Korea?
Why Beijing Pussyfoots Around Pyongyang

China and the US retain fundamentally different assumptions about the Kim regime’s vulnerability.

Failure to Assimilate
Europe’s Discontented Turks

Turks in Europe’s most liberal countries overwhelmingly voted for illiberalism in Turkey’s referendum.

Demographic Decline
The Blighting of Europe Proceeds Apace

Southern Europe’s economic woes have sent birthrates plummeting, as one crisis begets another.

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