The scandal over alleged corruption at a Phoenix VA hospital is snowballing, and the Senate questioned VA Secretary Shinseki yesterday.

It’s Modi time.

A far-right Hungarian Member of the European Parliament is accused of being a Russian spy. Quelle surprise!

The American Interest is looking for a staff writer and research associate to the editor at large, Walter Russell Mead. This position involves a variety of writing, editorial, and administrative responsibilities and will be based in New York City. Read on for details.

Policymakers should look warmly upon MOOCs, says AEI’s Andrew Kelly. MOOCs are great for self-starters and less so for remedial students, but they still have a role to play in increasing access to education and lowering costs.

Putin says he wants Brussels to shore up Kiev’s shaky economy, but what he really wants is for Europe to pay Ukraine’s massive gas bills.

Images of Erdoğan and one of his advisors beating up relatives of the people who died in the recent mining disaster are causing widespread outrage in Turkey.

This could get ugly, fast.

The United States is understandably worried that sanctions against Russian energy companies would adversely effect its biggest customers: our allies in Europe. But by focusing its efforts on preventing new oil and gas tech from making its way to Siberian shale and Arctic oil and gas reserves, the West could hamper Russia’s long-term strategic interests without endangering its short-term energy needs.

American biofuel producers have reduced their output this year, as the EPA considers not increasing the biodiesel mandate. This is good news, but we need real reform to end the US biofuel boondoggle.