the migrant crisis
Anti-Immigration Party to Score Record Win in Switzerland

When will mainstream parties start stepping up on immigration?

China and Magna Carta
Liberty’s Great Charter

China is forbidding a copy of the Magna Carta from being displayed. 800 years on, the document still has power.

A Golden Age for Opera
Watch the Metropolitan Opera—from Your Neighborhood

The Met’s Otello, which we reviewed in September, will be in a cinema near you today.

After the deal
Administration: Iran Missile Test Violates UN Sanctions

The Iran Deal isn’t making the Administration’s life in the Middle East any easier, which is what a true foreign policy success would have done.

The Mess in Syria
Narcissist in Chief?

The failure in Syria is driving former Obama appointees to express their dissent publicly, while current and former officials leak even more criticism anonymously.

The Trouble in Turkey
Turks Blame Kurds for Suicide Bomb that Targeted Kurds

This move will feed an already conspiratorial political culture.

The Syria Debacle
Iranians Prepare Major Combat Offensives in Syria

Events seem poised to contradict the Obama Administration’s predictions of Russian failure.

Dolce Far Niente
Reform Triumph, Italian Style

“Reform, yes; change, no” is back in Italy, where Renzi’s “triumph” shows how hard it is for the country to pass reforms.

The Third Intifada?
Israeli Requests for Gun Permits Soar

The diffused, random attacks have sent requests for personal defense weapons up by double digit percentages.

The Enemy of My Enemy
Russian Airstrikes Push Sunni Rebels Together

One of the great risks of the current Russian-Iranian advance in the Middle East is that it will make Sunni radical groups look more acceptable to their coreligionists.

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