News Analysis
The European Immigration Crisis
EU Leaders Struggle to Save Floundering Migrant Policy

Sweden, the self-proclaimed “humanitarian superpower” whose generous welfare state has helped draw migrants northward, is closing its border.

The Oil Factor
Another Hurdle for Iran’s Crude Comeback

A sanctions-stunted oil tanker fleet could delay Iran’s oil resurgence.

criminalizing dissent
Authoritarian Leftism Is Spreading

The illiberal left isn’t confined to college campuses. Democrats are moving to investigate and punish companies for their climate advocacy.

UK-EU Renegotiations
How Not to Build a Coalition

The UK’s renegotiation demands on economic immigrants angers Eastern Europe.

Crude Economics
Saudi Arabia Touts Green Ambitions

Riyadh submitted a UN climate pledge this week, but underneath these vague green commitments are hard economic concerns.

Understanding Iran
How Stable Is Iran?

Regime change is more likely to be messy and destabilizing than it is to be liberalizing and democratic.

Crude Economics
Is the Saudi Oil Strategy Working?

Riyadh has pushed OPEC not to cut production in response to falling oil prices. That plan isn’t working out as well as it might have hoped.

Russia and the World
Russia’s Olympian Doping Scandal

International inquiries like these make life more difficult for Russia’s regime.

Immigration Unilateralism
Caesarism to the Supremes

President Obama’s partial amnesty program set a dangerous precedent about the boundaries of executive power.

Are you PC?
Will PC Spur Higher Ed Reforms?

The increasingly unhinged campus political scene could very well make voters and parents think harder about whether the current system is spending their resources efficiently.

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