Beware of Greeks Bearing Debts
UPDATE: The Wolf Comes for the Boy

The Greek state is, really and truly, running out of money.

The Nuclear Negotiations' Aftermath
Iran Increases Arms Shipments to Hezbollah, Hamas

Iran isn’t using its expected windfall to promote peace.

The EU vs Silicon Valley
Europe’s Innovation Problem

Objecting to “the economic disruption of the digital age?” Good luck with that.

Corker-Menendez
Congress is Back, Baby

Unanimous Corker-Menendez committee vote signals the Senate is eager to resume an equal seat at table on foreign policy.

Lincoln Assassination Sesquicentennial
Abraham Lincoln, Dangerously Unqualified

Could anyone today with Lincoln’s lack of qualifications get to where he did?

Corker-Menendez
The Congressional Fight over the Iran Deal Begins

The new bill on Iran could be the biggest inter-branch fight over foreign policy in a generation.

Of Nukes and Neighbors
Saudi Arabia’s Longterm Investment

The Saudis’ patience with Pakistani prevarications on Yemen has a deeper motive—a nuclear one.

The Tutor Revolution
Boosting Literacy, One Child at a Time

Tutoring is back, and not just among the rich—or by professionals.

Europe's Paper Militaries
Where There’s a Will, There’s a Way

Scandinavians were warriors long before they were hippies.

The Civil War Sesquicentennial
Reunification, Reconstruction, and Regret

“Thus ended the great American Civil War, which must upon the whole be considered the noblest and least avoidable of all the great mass conflicts of which till then there was record.” (Churchill)

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