After the Revolutions
A Victory for Tunisia’s Secularists

The Islamist Ennahda party has come in second in Tunisia’s first full parliamentary elections under its new constitution. Islamism isn’t about to disappear, but Tunisia has turned out to be the only success story of the Arab Spring.

Foreign Policy a la Modi
India Gets Israeli Missiles, Fires and Forgets U.S. Bid

India’s purchase of an Israeli anti-tank missile system says a lot about the warming relations between the two countries, and it also shows that India is cautious to get too far into bed with the U.S. on defense.

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Russia and the West
Taking Stock in Ukraine

Seven things to know about the crisis, Moscow’s and Kyiv’s actions, and the West’s response.

Nuclear North Korea
Top U.S. General in South Korea Contradicts Obama: North May Have Nuke Warheads

The top U.S. commander in South Korea warned that the north might have nuclear warheads to put on top of its missiles, disagreeing with the President’s assessment. If he’s right, U.S. strategy in Asia just got a whole lot more complicated.

Political Order and Political Decay
Francis Fukuyama, This Wednesday in Washington DC

Political Order and Political Decay is out, and Frank Fukuyama is coming to DC to discuss it with our editor Adam Garfinkle. Come join us!

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South of the Border
The Courage Crisis

The children’s refugee “crisis” on the U.S.-Mexico border is but a symptom of the real crisis: denial and cowardice among U.S. politicians of both parties.

ACA Amnesia
The ACA Has Not Succeeded as Promised

The ACA has been underwhelming—in terms of enrollment, access to care, cost control, and health outcomes. Even those who support the law should be honest enough to admit that, at least so far, it has not been as successful as President Obama predicted.

Jimmy Carter II
Forget Kansas, What’s the Matter with Liberals?

Obama as Carter comparisons continue to roll in, from the Left as well as the Right.

The Road to Damascus
Gen. John Allen: We’re Not Going After Assad

John Allen, the White House’s point man on countering ISIS, has said that taking Damascus is not a part of U.S. strategy. Our Sunni allies think otherwise, and they won’t be happy to hear this.

Beaucoup Boko
Nigeria’s Boondock Jihadists and America’s Long War

Nigeria doesn’t share Syria’s experience with state-building, which will make dealing with Boko Haram in some ways more difficult than dealing with ISIS, even if the latter is a more direct threat to the West. That’s likely to have costs—and not only for Nigeria.

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