The European Immigration Crisis
Europe is Facing a “Great Wave” of Immigration

New figures show Europe’s migration crisis matches the U.S.’ historic peak.

Parsing The Kingdom
Insights From a Saudi General

The WSJ sat down with a former Saudi General to talk regional strategy. It can be hard to read the tea leaves in a conversation like this, but the outlines of how the Saudis might be looking at the region after the Iran deal are emerging.

The Great Fall of China
China’s Devaluation: Much More Trouble to Come?

China’s devaluation of the yuan are pulling it into the very competition for cheap production that Beijing insists China’s economy has moved beyond.

Middle East Mess
U.S. Warming to Russian/Iranian Proposals on Syria?

Wilsonians in the White House get sidelined, as the Obama Administration gets determined to limit America’s exposure in the Middle East.

2016
The Nihilistic Populism of Donald Trump

Donald Trump’s brand of populism is about appealing to the social and personal aspirations of ordinary people. Trump is living large, which is how many Americans would like to live.

Election Season
The Left Rises in the Anglosphere

Canada’s ruling Conservative party is trying to retain power over its rising opposition by enacting the country’s longest election cycle since Queen Victoria.

21st Century Households
Why Millennials Are Still Living with Their Parents

Some cultural explanations for young peoples’ reluctance to leave the nest.

Blue Model Blues
Here Comes Puerto Rico’s Default

The blue model meltdown is bigger and in its way more toxic than anything that happened at Chernobyl. Reporters and voters should be asking candidates what they plan to do about it.

Euro Division
German Economists Push for Exit Clause

A panel of German economists have broken a European taboo by calling for failing members of the currency union to have the option of leaving the euro. The Italians, French and Spanish are going to hate this.

Pop!
Big Trouble in Big China

Signs that the Great China Bubble may be bursting have more and more of the world’s smartest investors fretting.

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