Blue Model Brussels
EU Corporatism Stifles Digital Age Promise

Trying to use industrial-age corporatism to mold the next Google is doomed to failure.

The Fracas in Caracas
Venezuela’s President Scapegoats Colombian Immigrants

The country’s problems are about far, far more than immigration, and Maduro’s attempt to blame Colombians won’t change that.

Middle East Crisis
Saudi, Iranian Executions Skyrocket

Both nations on pace to break their own records amid security fears.

BRICS in Trouble
South African Economy Hits Wall

Growth falters, spelling problems for region.

Syria
Turkey May Have Leaked US-Trained Fighters’ Location

A NATO ally seems to have connived in the capture of U.S.-backed forces by the Nusra Front.

Chutes and Ladders in the Middle East
Kurds Defy Baghdad to Supply Israel with Oil

Purchases show another potential link in an anti-Iran, anti-ISIS alignment.

Immigration and 2016
The Battle of the Billionaires

Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg takes on Donald Trump on immigration—but he couldn’t have chosen a worse line of attack.

Pyrrhic victory
After Iran Deal, Democrats Will Own the Middle East

The President has enough power to get the deal done—but it will likely be a Pyrrhic victory.

The Afterparty Continues
Arab League Poised to Supply Arms to Libya

The proposed measure would undermine U.N. arms embargo—and an even more forceful Arab League response may be right around the corner.

The European Migration Crisis
Threefold Increase in Illegal Migrants to Europe Since Last Summer

New figures confirm crisis is increasing in scale.

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