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After Obergefell v. Hodges
Same-Sex Marriage and the Baby Business

How same-sex marriage could lead to a setback for women.

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Ukraine Status Quo
A Lull in the East

A ceasefire is holding in Ukraine’s troubled east both because Kyiv’s national defenses have been strengthened, and because the Kremlin is occupied elsewhere. But will it hold when the Kremlin sees that the EU is not lifting sanctions?

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Poland’s Elections
No, the Sky Isn’t Falling

The Law and Justice party’s sweeping victory in Poland will reshape the country’s politics, but predictions of a euroskeptic lurch are premature.

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China and the West
China’s Pivot to Europe, with British Characteristics

By dint of its new deals, Beijing has gained a voice in UK and European business.

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Europe's Immigration Crisis
EU à la Carte Back on the Menu

The refugee crisis has revived an old idea in Europe: differentiated integration.

After American Supremacy
Defense in a Disordered World

We must rethink what kind of armed forces we need. The sources of our military strength are not merely material.

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Kleptocracy Watch
Letter from Montenegro: Organized Crime’s State of Play

Although Montenegro seeks NATO membership in 2016, concerns linger regarding the tiny Adriatic state’s will to fight endemic organized crime and corruption.

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The Muddled East
The Middle Eastern Revolutions That Never Were

The democratic dreams of the Arab Spring have become nightmares of instability and authoritarianism. What went wrong? And what, if anything, should America do about it?

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Houellebecq's Submission
The Unbearable Lightness of Freedom

Michel Houellebecq’s latest novel, flawed as it is, gets at the heart of some of the issues contorting the West—and liberalism writ large—at the turn of the 21st century.

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South China Sea on a Boil
Keeping the Open Seas Open

Rumor has it that the Obama Administration has given the Navy a green light to conduct freedom of navigation operations in the South China Seas. It’s about time.

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