A UN investigator has released a series of reports detailing the atrocious state of human rights in Iran. The U.S. should keep this in mind when working toward a nuclear deal with the “moderate” Rouhani.

The market meltdown that accompanied Dilma Rousseff’s re-election as President of Brazil could ultimately help the country by preventing Dilma from becoming complacent—and return the country to the sembalance of disciple that existed under Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Rousseff’s predecessor.

The fracking boom has unlocked massive new reserves of American natural gas, which to this point have largely been consumed domestically. But as the U.S. builds out its LNG export infrastructure, Europe is readying import terminals in an attempt to loosen Gazprom’s grip on the continent.

Political Order and Political Decay is out, and Frank Fukuyama is coming to DC to discuss it with our editor Adam Garfinkle. Come join us!

UNC-Chapel Hill put its own interests over its student-athletes on a scale that should shake anyone’s trust in the University as a whole.

The Islamist Ennahda party has come in second in Tunisia’s first full parliamentary elections under its new constitution. Islamism isn’t about to disappear, but Tunisia has turned out to be the only success story of the Arab Spring.

India’s purchase of an Israeli anti-tank missile system says a lot about the warming relations between the two countries, and it also shows that India is cautious to get too far into bed with the U.S. on defense.

The top U.S. commander in South Korea warned that the north might have nuclear warheads to put on top of its missiles, disagreeing with the President’s assessment. If he’s right, U.S. strategy in Asia just got a whole lot more complicated.

Political Order and Political Decay is out, and Frank Fukuyama is coming to DC to discuss it with our editor Adam Garfinkle. Come join us!

The ACA has been underwhelming—in terms of enrollment, access to care, cost control, and health outcomes. Even those who support the law should be honest enough to admit that, at least so far, it has not been as successful as President Obama predicted.