Asian Game of Thrones
To Arms Against China

Seeing right through Xi’s talk of a peaceful rise, China’s neighbors are bulking up their militaries.

tigers and flies
Xi’s Purge Getting Close To Jiang

Xi Jinping’s anti-corruption drive may be about to net its biggest ‘tiger’ yet: Jiang Zemin’s former right-hand man.

High Times
Russian Official: Everyone in DC Will Become A Drug Addict

Finding statements like these is a big part of the fun of being a Russia watcher, but they also raise a troubling question: just how deeply does the Kremlin believe these fantasies of Western decline?

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Religion a la Modi?
Religious Freedom and the Gross Domestic Product

Is there a link? The connection is more complicated than you—or Narendra Modi and Xi Jinping—might think.

The Fury of Fabius
The French Red Line in Ukraine

This might make the imposition of new sanctions more likely than most analysts think.

Mein Gott
Mein Kampf To Be Republished in Germany

With antisemitism on the rise around the world, a taxpayer-funded historical society in Munich is doing what has been illegal in Germany for decades: republishing Hitler’s Mein Kampf.

Cameron Ups The Ante
UK to Train Ukrainian Troops

David Cameron is sending up to 75 military advisers to Ukraine to help train the infantry. The move is about more than helping Ukraine’s army—it’s about stiffening EU spines ahead of debates over sanctions.

The Netanyahu Speech
Why Support for Israel Isn’t a Partisan Issue

A recent poll shows that Americans continue to support the Jewish state, regardless of the tense relationship between President Obama and Prime Minister Netanyahu.

The Long Game
A Smoking Gun in the Kremlin?

A Russian journal claims to have in its possession a startling strategy document which suggests that the Kremlin has a well-defined strategy to dismember Ukraine. Does the West have a strategy to counter this?

The Future
Why Brazil May Have Turned A Corner

Brazil is facing stiff headwinds, and Dilma Rouseff is in trouble. But taking the long view, it’s remarkable how far Brazil has really come.

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