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West Realizes: No Moderation Coming in Iran

From the Economist to Wendy Sherman, center-left wakes up to same old Iran.

A New Middle East?
Turkey at the Turning Point

Ankara cuts deals with Iran and Brussels in same weekend it moves to crush opposition.

The Syrian Civil War
Israeli Defense Minister: Better ISIS than Iran

If this is how they see it in Jerusalem, imagine Riyadh’s view.

Drowning in Moderation
Iran’s Darkness at Noon

Nobel Prize Winner shares harrowing tale from Evin Prison.

Thinking Outside the Box
How About a Veteran for SCOTUS?

15 years into the war on terror, military experience is utterly lacking on the highest court.

Latin Lefty Meltdown
Venezuelan Opposition Announces Plan to Oust Maduro

Three part plan involves push for referendum, constitutional amendment, public outcry.

Menacing
Turkish PM: Kurds Collaborating with Russia Just as the Armenians Did

Prepared remarks contained extensive, menacing analogy.

The European Immigration Crisis
The Moral Rot at the Heart of “Refugees Welcome”

“If you survive the trip, you can stay” is not what this peculiar brand of humanitarianism looks like.

Brexit and Beyond
Next Up in the EU: Czexit?

View from Brussels: a never-ending flow of referenda held in return for concessions…

Elections 2016
What’s Really Going on in Iran

“Reformer” and “moderate” are less clear-cut categories than you think—and then there’s the IRGC.

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