Soon, German industry may no longer be exempt from paying green surcharges on electricity bills. Berlin’s green ambitions have saddled its consumers with some of the highest electricity prices in Europe.

Elliot Abrams, Michael Mandelbaum, and Paula Dobriansky spoke on a panel entitled “Do the Internal Affairs of Other Nations Matter to Us?” as part of a recent conference on “Re-thinking Democracy Promotion Amid Rising Authoritarianism.” The conference was jointly sponsored by The American Interest, Freedom House, and Johns Hopkins-SAIS.

While it would be wrong to think that the conflict in the Middle East is only about religion, it would be even more wrong to downplay just how much of the conflict actually is just about religion.

Peter Beinart predicts liberal Democrats will eventually see that President Obama deserves much of the blame for the Iraq mess unfolding before us. If so, Obama’s legacy really could end up being more Carteresque than anything else.

Obama’s approval ratings on foreign policy are at their lowest ever. This could mark the second time he has squandered an advantage he came in with.

California will soon provide scholarships for students whose families make six-figure salaries. The higher education bubble just keeps expanding.

Reports that Israel is buying Kurdish oil shipped through Turkey raise some interesting possibilities for a lasting alliance in a chronically unstable region.

Colleges are doubling down on luxurious housing even as student loan debt mounts. Most troubling is that states are using bonds to finance new construction.

Secretary of State Kerry met with Kurdish leaders on Tuesday, while Vice President Biden and Turkish PM Erdogan discussed keeping the autonomous region in Iraq. But the Kurds have newfound oil wealth and hold the only secure segment of a disintegrating country. Will they enter the fray or forge a separate destiny?

Reports of the abduction of 90 more children in Nigeria are emerging, though the government has not confirmed them. The country’s crisis seems to grow worse every day.