News Analysis
Counting Carbon
America’s Emissions Are Still Declining Under Trump

The EIA projects US energy-related greenhouse gas emissions will continue to fall this year.

European Disunion
Cracks Widen in Catalonia

In forcing Catalonia to clarify its intentions on independence, Madrid is chipping away at the separatists’ facade of unity.

Development and Its Discontents
How Effective Is China’s Foreign Aid?

A new data dive offers mixed evidence, confirming some prevailing narratives and confounding others.

Echo Chamber Redux
The Shameful State of Debate on the Iran Deal

Americans deserve in-depth commentary and analysis about the merits and faults of the Iran nuclear deal. They are not getting it.

Spy Games
Politico: China Abducted American With Impunity

Another disturbing chapter in the Obama-era spy wars.

Climate Solutions
Burying Carbon in Iceland

A Swiss company is attempting to capture CO2 from the air and turn it into stone.

Pressuring Pyongyang
The Bittersweet Fruits of Trump’s North Korea Policy

The administration is notching a series of tactical victories in isolating Pyongyang—but in service of a strategic objective that is widely seen as unachievable.

Turkey's Nervous Breakdown
The Downfall of the American-Turkish Alliance

The U.S. and Turkey have halted consular services. It’s an unprecedented display of how far the U.S. relationship with Turkey has fallen.

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We Must Bury Them
The 800-Pound Gorilla in Hurricane Season

You don’t see him, then you do see him, and then you don’t again.

Himalayan Standoff
Is the India-China Border Heating Up Again?

Up to 1,000 Chinese troops are lingering near disputed terrain with India, building a road near the site of this summer’s face-off.

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