Ukraine's Future
Serious Policy-Making in Kiev

The new Ukrainian budget aims to rein in oligarchical corruption.

Europes Money Woes
Italy’s Promised Reforms Hit a Wall

Italy’s problems may not be fixable even by its wunderkind PM.

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Yule Blog
Personal Meaning

Theists and atheists are different. While both groups think life means something, they understand that meaning in different ways.

A Problem for Putin
Russia Is Bad for Business

Russia’s political and economic uncertainty is driving investors away.

Putinworld
Moscow Dissects Central-Eastern Europe

A quarter century after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the fight against communism is receding into memory, but the struggle against Kremlin meddling in eastern and central Europe goes on.

The Enemy of My Enemy
Iran: In It to Win It in Iraq

Iran’s commitment to Iraq is going to cause problems down the road.

The Greek Tragedy
Beware of Greeks Casting Votes

A Presidential election in Greece heralds trouble for the whole Eurozone.

Bad Old Days
De Blasio’s Christmas Card Trick

Are three card monte dealers targeting New York’s Christmas tourists an aberration, or a sign of things to come?

Yule Blog
The Meaning of Christmas

Why do Christians and so many other people believe in an invisible ruler and creator of the universe—and then how does the Christian idea of God differ from the others?

China's Purge Surge
Mao the Second

As Xi’s party purge demolishes even the most powerful of officials, he may well become the most powerful leader since Mao himself.

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