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after paris
Le Pen Leads First Poll after Paris

If you’re looking for culprits, don’t forget the centrists.

campus unrest
Ivy League Presidents Try Appeasement

Anxious Ivy League presidents are trying to appease campus radicals with huge payouts to left-wing campus identity programs.

Volatile Volts
Renewables Are Undermining Germany’s Grid

Thanks to wind and solar, Germany’s power market is so volatile that traders have to rely on computers to keep up with price swings.

(Wrong) Crisis in the Middle East
John Kerry Goes to His Happy Place

Secretary Kerry reopens Arab-Israeli peace efforts as world burns around him.

China's Rise
Chinese Military Building First Africa Base

With the security situation deteriorating everywhere from Nigeria to Burundi to Mali to Libya, China needs to be able to protect its infrastructure and personnel.

Higher Education Watch
Is the Bubble Bursting?

College enrollment ticked downward between 2008 and 2013, with an especially sharp decline among low-income students.

Foreign Policy Adrift
Oil Spikes after Jet Strike

President Obama’s pivot away from the Middle East was only possible because of his belief that what happened in the Middle East could stay in the Middle East. But we are now seeing how false that belief is.

Show Me the Money
How the US Could Sink Paris Climate Talks

Republican Senators could shove a dagger in the heart of climate talks by withholding money from a global climate fund.

unforced error
China and Thailand Cozy Up

The alienation of Bangkok should instruct American diplomats as they think about how to engage with Myanmar.

Turks Down Russian Bomber
NATO Must Have Turkey’s Back

Whether Russia or Turkey is more to blame with respect to this particular situation, overall there is no doubt that Russia is the country that bears the political responsibility for the incident.

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