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the elusive center
Trump’s Immigration Compromise

Trump’s immigration announcements throw a bone to each side. But executive actions are no way to make immigration policy.

Xi's Purge Goes Global
China Seeks to Muzzle Chinese Exile

Beijing is launching an aggressive legal case against a New York-based dissident who has lobbed explosive charges against Xi Jinping’s anti-corruption tsar.

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Southern Strategy
A Smarter Approach to Cuba

President Trump should make Venezuela, not the ghost of the Bay of Pigs, the center of his Cuba policy.

don't get complacent
European Nationalism Isn’t Dead Yet

Many of the forces that were tearing the union apart and boosting populist parties remain potent across the Continent.

Nuclear Aging
America’s Green Energy Workhorses Are Looking Long in the Tooth

What happens when America’s nuclear reactors retire?

Pipeline Politics
The US Is Exposing Europe’s Divide on Nord Stream 2

New sanctions are exposing fault lines in the EU.

My Big Fat Greek Bailout
IMF Blinks On Greek Debt Relief

Athens and its creditors save face with another short-term compromise to prevent default—but Germany seems to have won this round of chicken.

Blue Model Blues
Chris Christie’s Pension Gamble

At some point in the not-so-distant future, can-kicking won’t cut it anymore.

Wind and Solar
Renewables Broke a US Record in March

Is it their time to shine?

Afghan Deja Vu
Mattis Given Authority to Set Troop Levels in Afghanistan

The Pentagon has been pushing for a few thousand extra troops in Afghanistan. They seem likely to get what they want.

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