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Order and Disorder
Greater Disorder Does Not Imply Greater Insecurity

By most measures of national security, the world is getting safer. So why do we feel so insecure?

Kindly Neighbors
China is Willing to Help a Hurting Russia

Foreign Minister Wang Yi announced that Beijing is willing to help Russia out. Though propping up Moscow is in China’s interest, that “help” is likely to come at a steep price.

Of Mandates
The Real Reason De Blasio is in Trouble

The MSM is completely blind to how flimsy Bill de Blasio’s mandate was upon election last year. His troubles with the NYPD are probably just the beginning of a turbulent term in office.

Crude Economics
Russia Descends Into “Full-Fledged Economic Crisis”

Russia’s ex-finance minister says the country is in a “full-fledged economic crisis” thanks to falling oil prices and Western sanctions.

Putin's Power Ploys
Vladimir’s World

The West has consistently been baffled by Putin’s reluctance to change policy. That’s because it doesn’t understand that in Putin’s own mind, he has been a successful leader fighting the currents of history.

Thin Blue Wall
Cop Assassinations Underline Why Americans Give Police Leeway

The Ramos-Liu shooting should remind America’s elite of a truth many others already know.

Green and Mean
CalPERS Could Scuttle Coal

In California, the craziness is catching. First the universities, now the pension funds.

Leah Kalanguka (center), newly elected Miss Uganda, flanked by the runners-up.
Security and Democracy
The Aid Game

In Uganda, the military ran this year’s beauty pageant. What this tells us about Western aid money and Uganda’s problems with democracy.

Clamping Down
Russia Censors Opposition Support on Social Media

Russia is censoring websites rallying support for opposition leader Alexei Navalny. Clearly, the Kremlin takes the threat his movement poses pretty seriously.

Tunisian Spring
Former Regime Figure Wins Tunisian Presidency

Ben Ali’s Former Prime Minister, Beji Caid Sebsi, wins the Presidency of Tunisia.

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