News Analysis
The European Immigration Crisis
Turkey Names Its Price on Refugees

If Turkey is going to help preempt the flow, it wants to see some dough—and a freer hand in Syria.

Xi in DC
No Cyber Deal with China?

The Administration says: lower your expectations.

The Pope and the Information Age
Google, Apple, Facebook…and the Vatican

How the Risorgimento, completed 145 years ago this week, left the Vatican two centuries ahead of the times.

Coming Apart
New Evidence in the Marriage Debate

New Brookings data cast doubt on the preferred left-wing explanation for the decline of marriage among working-class whites.

Strategery
Kerry: We Swear We Know What We’re Doing in Syria

State Department rebuts Russian claims that the U.S. is ready to strike a deal on Syria that leaves Assad in place.

Climate Chimera
President Obama Joins Climate Hedging Chorus

Obama talked down the likelihood of reaching a robust Global Climate Treaty in Paris this December.

Pipeline Politics
Hillary Snubs Keystone

To mark its seven year anniversary in political purgatory, Hillary Clinton announced her opposition to the Keystone XL pipeline.

Russia & Islam
Putin Opens Moscow’s Newest, Biggest Mosque

The move suggests an embrace of “Russian Islam” for domestic purposes and foreign policy PR.

Bankrupt Health Care
Deductibles Rising, Rising, Rising

Only by reforming the way health care services are delivered—experimenting with things like telehealth, remote monitoring, and new care settings like clinics—can we create a sustainable health care system.

Xi in DC
Chinese Actions vs. Xi’s Words

Xi’s platitudinous statements in Seattle don’t change the fact that the relationship between China and the United States remains edgy.

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