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More Chaos to Come
Turkey Comes Undone

Why Turkish voters’ rejection of the AKP will likely lead to a period of political paralysis and instability.

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The End of Erdogan
Failure to Re-Launch

Turkish voters just delivered a strong rebuke to Erdogan and the AKP at the polls, but that doesn’t mean he’s given up on his plans.

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Kurds Rising
Erdogan’s Approaching Downfall—and a Kurdish Revolution

Turkey must find a way to manage what amounts to a Kurdish revolution. Will it attempt to meet the Kurds halfway, or take a nationalist turn?

Defeating ISIS
Go Local

Feckless, strategy-less bombing campaigns cannot defeat the Islamic State. We need an approach that recognizes and engages local social realities.

Take the Meds
A Doctor in the House

Distributed systems of personalized medicine will deliver higher-quality care at lower cost. Home visits will be a major part of the mix.

Homo Americanus
The Waverly Vet

A dozen Underground Railroad travelers returned south from their refuge in Pennsylvania to fight for the Union. George Keys was one of the few to survive the ordeal.

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The Francis Era
A Poor Church for the Poor?

The left likes to look for the “root causes of poverty”. A better project would be looking for “the root causes of wealth”. It would be helpful if Catholic social teaching supported this project.

Defeating ISIS
Crash Their Comms

Jihadi use of the internet and social media has become increasingly sophisticated and dangerous in the dawning era of cyberwar. We must close down their websites, not write reports on them.

Asia's Game of Thrones
China’s Place in U.S. Foreign Policy

An effective U.S. China policy is best built on a thorough assessment of the context in which Sino-American relations exist and operate.

Technovelty Watch
Your Brain on Screens

Addiction to mediated images is imbecilizing America’s youth. The energy-cost functions of our still-Stone Age brain explain both how and why.

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