News Analysis
Immigration and History
The Gray Lady Rediscovers 1924

One cheer—but no more, as many of the lessons are missed.

Blue Civil War
To Save Public Higher Education, Defang Public Sector Unions

Why do public university budgets keep getting the ax?

Crude Economics
The First Impact of the Climate Deal Withdrawal

Oil prices fell over expectations of surging U.S. production.

Pyongyang Under Pressure?
U.S. and China Ready New Sanctions On North Korea

The new measures are not a game-changer, but they are a diplomatic victory for Team Trump.

After the Pivot
Mattis Moves to Reassure Asia (Again)

But he may face a more skeptical crowd at Shangri-La than he did during his February trip.

Blue Model Blues
Illinois Is Running Out of Money and Time

The cascading fiscal crisis in America’s fifth-largest state just got more acute.

European Disunion
Juncker: EU Can’t Extort (or Enforce) Democracy

The Commission’s president admits that the EU’s foundational commitments to democracy and human rights are essentially unenforceable.

Asia's Game of Thrones
Is Pakistan Pulling China into Afghanistan?

Afghanistan has long been a proxy conflict zone between India and Pakistan—but now China could get dragged in too.

Optics My Dear Boy
The Placebo Politics of Paris

Trump’s decision today doesn’t make the U.S. better off, but it probably doesn’t make us much worse off, either.

How do you solve a problem like Korea?
Moon Admits THAAD Isn’t Going Anywhere

But don’t expect the system’s opponents to give up so easily.

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