News Analysis
2018
Is Congress Unfair?

Territorial representation can help prevent civil war.

Asia's Game of Thrones
China Warns India Against Building Border Road

As the Doklam standoff continues, a second major border dispute could well be emerging.

Ideology
Why Libertarians Go Alt-Right

Dogmatic right-wing politics has always been oriented around the idea of decline—the sense that everything good is slipping away, and that the slide must be arrested before it’s too late.

The Burgeoning Burgos
Mexico’s Most Promising Shale Region Is Open for Business

Will Mexico be the first to replicate America’s fracking success?

Under Pressure
Trump Denies Aid to Egypt

But this may be more about pressuring Pyongyang than chastising Cairo.

Pressuring Pyongyang
Trump Puts A New Sanctions Squeeze On China and Russia

Treasury turns up the heat on Pyongyang’s enablers in Moscow and Beijing.

April 8 2024
America’s Next Eclipse Is a Threat to National Security

This year’s total solar eclipse was fun, but the next one will expose solar power’s biggest weakness.

German Election Watch
Merkel Rubs Salt in SPD’s Wounds

With her opponents already on the back foot, Merkel takes aim at the former SDP leader’s Russian business ties.

Poisoning the Well
Erdogan to German Turks: German Politicians Are The Enemy

Turkey’s President Erdogan has declared that all three of Germany’s largest parties are the enemies of Turks.

How do you solve a problem like Korea?
Chinese Traders Feel the Pinch From Sanctions

As Chinese businessmen protest the latest sanctions, will China’s cooperation on North Korea last?

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