This evening, Walter Russell Mead will be speaking at a free public event hosted by Bard’s Globalization and International Affair program in New York. Please join us!

The U.S. seems to be doing a capable job in keeping track of the numbers of and details about American jihadists in the Middle East.

CIA Director John Brennan has proposed to do away with operational divisions that date back to the Cold War, and reorganize the agency along post-9/11 lines. It’s a great idea.

For the first time, a top Obama adviser has said that arming Ukraine is an option. But any major new policies on Ukraine should be part of a well-considered and comprehensive strategy.

The European Union’s carbon market recently expanded the number of exemptions offered to heavy emitters, watering down an already weak green policy tool.

Putin’s Russia wants Ukraine to provide free gas to the occupied cities and regions he has conquered. Ukraine may be gearing up to say “enough is enough”.

Though China signaled a shift to soft power during APEC meeting, it’s important to remember that it’s the strategy that changed, not the country.

A former Obama official claims Jonathan Gruber was the Obama Administration’s main health care adviser. If that’s anywhere near true, the Administration’s dismissal of the Gruber videos may damage public trust even further.

Now that Russian sorties into Eastern Europe have been headline news for months, it’s easy to forget that Putin’s gaze reaches to Kazakhstan and Central Asia as well.

Al Sharpton has made a corrupt bargain with opportunistic power brokers that allowed him to grow rich and influential while evading taxes, rents, and bills. It works out great for everyone except low-income African Americans.