Election Season
Money Trickling Out of Greece

But a quiet trickle could become a roaring flood.

Israel Calls Hezbollah’s Bluff

Israel’s attack on a Hezbollah convoy near the Golan will force the Shi’a group to choose between bad options.

Ukrainian Victory at Donetsk
Will Putin Break His Pattern?

If Putin doesn’t respond decisively to Ukraine’s recapture of Donetsk airport, it will be a sign that Russia is no longer operating on the offensive.

Out of Many
Does France’s “Muslim Community” Exist?

France’s Muslims don’t have the established institutions or communal voice that many presume exists.

Ph.Don't
The Academic Coin Toss

Most newly minted English PhDs don’t wind up at the sort of jobs they’re trained for, if they get an academic job at all. Think academia will change its ways? Think again.

Vive La France!
La Marseillaise

In commemoration of those who were murdered yesterday at the offices of Charlie Hebdo, here is Edith Piaf’s La Marseillaise.

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With Friends Like These
What Type of Zionism is Acceptable?

A group of American-Jewish leftists is imitating the BDS movement in an attempt to put a right-wing Israeli position beyond the pale. It’s inexcusable—and dangerous to civil society.

Red Dawn Hits a Red Light
There’s a Hole in the Budget, Dear Brownback

With what shall he fix it? And will it stay fixed?

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.

Game of Thrones
China’s Nork Nuisance

Its crazy client state is driving China’s rivals, South Korea and Japan, closer together—exactly what Beijing does not want.

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