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Hired Guns
Mercenaries Are a Bad Idea for Afghanistan

The Trump administration appears to be taking proposals to privatize the war in Afghanistan very seriously. It’s a bad idea.

Pressuring Pyongyang
After Sanctions, China Tentatively Tightens the Screws on North Korea

Beijing has swiftly moved to enforce the latest North Korea sanctions—but with Trump foretelling “fire and fury” rather than negotiations, that cooperation may not last long.

politics and power
The Democrats’ Distorted Coalition

Democratic elites are partly responsible for their party’s geographic handicap.

Getting Screened
Telemedicine’s Constituents: Vets and ’Rents

The VA is one of the frontrunners in telemedicine implementation, and may lead the way for regulatory reform that benefits the general public. Meanwhile, there’s another eager constituency for the technology—parents and schools.

A Messy Divorce
Does the UK Have a Brexit Strategy?

With her cabinet divided, her European interlocutors exasperated, and her domestic mandate weakened, Theresa May is struggling to convince the public she has a handle on divorce talks.

Winter Is Here
The Geopolitical Costs of America’s Nuclear Winter

China and Russia are taking advantage of America’s absence to export nuclear power technologies all around the world.

Kurdish Conundrum
Erdogan Hints at New Military Action in Syria

An attack on the Syrian Kurds might be a question of where, not if.

South China Sea
ASEAN Rebukes China, Then Gives Away the Store

ASEAN’s stronger criticisms of China can’t hide the fact that Beijing is still having its way in the South China Sea.

The European Immigration Crisis
A Migrant Reprieve for Italy?

July saw a sharp decrease in migration from the Mediterranean, but the roots of the crisis remain unaddressed.

Examining the Energiewende
The Kaiser Has No Clothes

Don’t fall for Merkel’s green hype.

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