The Sunni-Shi'a War
The Roots of Saudi Rage

Rational regional fears are driving Saudi actions.

Empty Hopes
Waiting for the Moderate Backlash

Iranian moderates on Twitter don’t like the embassy attack. So what?

Migrant Crisis
EU’s Turkey Deal Isn’t Stopping Refugee Flow

EU official: We’re ‘a long way from being satisfied.”

Migrant Crisis
In Germany, Reality Sets In

German industry leaders start to acknowledge migrants aren’t as skilled as hoped.

The Sunni-Shi'a War
Turkey Takes Saudi Side in Embassy Dispute

Another old rival is now in the Saudi camp.

The European Immigration Crisis
Are the Germans Vindicating Orban?

A week after the NYE attacks, elites continue to be as concerned with the backlash as the attacks themselves

The Sunni-Shi'a War
Saudi-Iran Update: Qatar Takes Saudi Arabia’s Side

Doha withdraws ambassador from Tehran, as Sunni-Shi’a battle lines harden.

The Coming Backlash
A Failure by Germany’s Elite

Cologne Mayor’s blame-the-victim rhetoric only one part of a bigger problem.

The Sunni-Shi'a War
How Not to Offshore Balance

As the Saudis’ regional allies turn on Iran, there are signs that the West is turning against the Saudis. If offshore balancing is the goal, this is not the way to go about it.

The Coming Backlash
Migrants Molested Women in Cologne on NYE

European leaders, having embarked on the project of rapidly integrating large numbers of immigrants from a failing society into their own, may have a day of reckoning ahead, perhaps sooner than most people expected it to come.

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