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Home of the Brave
The Watchers on the Wall

A French soldier writes about the Americans he served alongside of in Afghanistan.

Presidential Caesarism
Obama Steps Up Immigration Unilateralism

A new Department of Homeland Security policy relaxing immigration enforcement is less dramatic than last year’s executive amnesty, but it still gives Republicans plenty of ammunition to attack the President’s unilateralism.

ACA Fail Fractal
Aging Hipsters Priced Out of Obamacare

Oregon has not only approved big premium hikes for Obamacare plans; it has even required insurers that didn’t request an increase to raise their prices.

Asia's Game of Thrones
Japan Woos the Mekong Five

This weekend’s summit in Tokyo could see big announcements of trade expansion into China’s back yard.

Africa's God Wars
Boko Haram to Buhari: Come And Get Us

A brutal series of massacres by Boko Haram has left more than 150 dead in northeastern Nigeria this week.

Uighur Woes
Uighur Muslims and China’s Expanding Authoritarianism

As Ramadan limits are once again pushed on the restive Uighur population of Xinjiang in western China, some of China’s Muslim neighbors aren’t happy.

The Road to Paris
The Amazing Vanishing Climate Change Fund!

Rich countries promised the developing world a $100 billion climate fund six years ago, so where’s the money?

After the Sanctions Lift
Iran Extends $500 Million Credit to Venezuela

Getting ready to do something with that windfall, Ayatollah?

US-Cuba Rapprochement
What to Make of Cuban Intransigence

Are the Castros deliberately making outsized demands to slow down the normalization process with the United States?

Pricing Emissions
Audit Alleges Eurogreens Mismanaging Carbon Market

Independent investigators found Europe’s carbon market lacks enough oversight to prevent abuse.

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