News Analysis
Crude Economics
OPEC’s Cuts Aren’t Working (Yet)

The cartel is cutting output as promised, but its efforts are being offset by surging U.S. shale production.

Theresa May Says:
You Shouldn’t Need to Go to College to Get a Good Job

Populist and reform-minded American politicians should take note of May’s initiative to bolster vocational training.

Pivots
Hungary Hungry for More Russian Gas

Budapest wants to more closely align itself with both Moscow and Trump’s Washington.

Playing With Fire
The Danger of Syrian Safe Zones

A developing proposal by President Trump to create humanitarian “safe zones” for Syrian refugees has sounded alarm bells from the Pentagon to the Kremlin.

Pres. Trump's Wall
Nemesis Comes for the Immigration Reformers

President Trump’s executive order reveals a generational failure in governance.

European Anxieties
France’s Anti-Establishment Election

Francois Fillon looks to have taken a serious hit with the latest scandal allegations. Is there an opening for Emmanuel Macron to take on Marine Le Pen?

No Left Left
The Left Has Lost the Working Class

Democrats can no longer claim to represent the people who don’t own the means of production.

Pipeline Politics
Does Canada Still Need Keystone?

Trump’s support isn’t by itself enough to finish construction on the languishing pipeline.

Jobs!
Work For Walter Russell Mead

The Hudson Institute is hiring a Research Assistant to work with our own Walter Russell Mead.

American Balkanization
This Is How the Country Breaks Apart

A California policy shows how the architecture of federalism could start to break down.

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