News Analysis
National Insecurity
The NSC and Our Hobbled Strategy in Syria and Iraq

The National Security Council may be hampering our national security, suggest Pentagon insiders.

Sino-Japanese Relations
Xi to Stand Abe Up at APEC?

A Chinese state-run paper pours cold water on the prospects of a historic Xi-Abe summit at the APEC conference.

Autumn of Discontent
Russia Cheers Elections in Eastern Ukraine

Russia’s recognition of separatist elections in eastern Ukraine was met with a chorus of impotent grumbles from the West.

The New TAI
A Note To Our Readers

Welcome to the new site. We have been doing some renovations. Here is what you need to know.

Europe's Slow-Motion Crisis
The Fat Lady Sings for Italy?

Problems with the Italian economy go far deeper than the Euro.

Border Bluster
Not-So-Quiet on the Indian-Chinese Front

The standoff between India and China along their shared border might get less attention than Beijing’s games of tug-of-war over various islands, but it’s no less important—or fraught.

"Black Spring" Fallout
Coup in Burkina Faso Threatens Anti-Islamist Fight

President Compaoré was a cornerstone of the West’s (and in particular France’s) anti-jihadist efforts in the increasingly lawless Sahel. What happens next is key.

It Belongs In A Museum
"Gold Fever" is Destroying Jordan’s Historical Sites

A recent spate of grave robbery and looting in Jordan highlights the disappearing art and cultural heritage of the Middle East.

Housekeeping
Welcome to the New Site

As the new site launches, a few words from the business side of the magazine.

blue paradise lost
California’s Pension Poison

California is facing “death by pensions,” writes Steven Greenhut. The litany of the state’s pension woes—and the malfeasance that produced them—is astonishing.

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