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Qaeda Geld
US Stands Firm Against Paying Ransoms To Terrorists

Good thing, too: it’s a terrible policy that helps finance al-Qaeda and incentivizes terrorists to keep on kidnapping.

Warning Signs
Cairo Embassies on Heightened Alert

Britain closed its embassy in Cairo to the public yesterday over heightened security concerns. As a symptom of the security situation, this is not great news for a country that desperately needs a respite from chaos.

Global Education Bubble
The Market in International Students

The U.S. is still well in the lead in the race to attract international students to its universities. But other countries are getting better at this game.

Teleworkin' It
The Suburbs in an Internet Era

The world is quickly suburbanizing, but new technologies can help reduce the costs of that transition.

Iran's Strategy
Concede Little, Keep Talking, Build Up Your Military

To an embattled U.S. administration struggling to cope with a Middle East in meltdown, a no-deal deal with Iran looks very attractive. And the Iranians know this.

The Numbers Don't Lie
America’s Energy Reserves Are Booming

These two graphs depict a very energy secure America.

As The Money Runs Out
Venezuela Cuts Back on Subsidized Oil Exports

Tough times are forcing Venezuela to cut back on generous oil subsidies to various caribbean countries—countries that used to carry water for the regime in various international bodies.

Budget Woes
Pensions in the Land of Lincoln, Round 2

The challenge to Illinois’s pension reform is heading to the state supreme court. Here’s how the state is feeling the pinch from its long-term pension mismanagement.

Playing Defense
Ashton Carter’s Nuclear Know-How

Way back in 2006, Obama’s Defense Secretary nominee proposed an interesting plan for nuclear power’s future in an issue of The American Interest.

Of Nukes and Neighbors
India-Pakistan Relations Go South Again

When Modi was elected, there seemed to be a rare chance for warmer ties between India and Pakistan. It has since passed, if it was truly there at all.

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