Himalayan Standoff
Is the India-China Border Heating Up Again?

Up to 1,000 Chinese troops are lingering near disputed terrain with India, building a road near the site of this summer’s face-off.

Pricing Carbon
Can Europe Reform its Carbon Market?

The system needs a fix, but national politics could get in the way.

Canada's Magnitsky Act
The Russia Lobby Flops in Canada

In Canada, Moscow’s influence campaigns aren’t all they’re cracked up to be.

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Back in Iraq
Baghdad Burlesque?

Ahmed al-Basheer, the Jon Stewart of Iraq, finds comedy amid horror and suffering, and his beleaguered country loves him for it. The government? Not so much.

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Down Down Down
The Relentless Decline of Social Democracy in the West

Throughout Europe and the United States, the moderate Left has increasingly become a victim of its own past success.

Cabinet Chaos
Seeing the Administration Half Empty

The President can deny reports of internecine staff squabbles all he wants, but the policy and personnel consequences are real.

Strange Bedfellows
Japan Wants a Piece of China’s Belt and Road

As major Japanese firms try to tap into Xi Jinping’s infrastructure agenda, Shinzo Abe is sending some friendly signals to Beijing.

Stumbling Shale
Fracking Fails in Scotland

The country extended a moratorium on shale drilling “indefinitely.”

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The Middle East
Iran’s Shadow over Lebanon

The Lebanese government’s tilt toward Iran has dangerous implications when it comes to countering Sunni radicalization.

Asia's Game of Thrones
Trump Tightens Thai Ties

Despite criticism from the human rights crowd, Trump’s outreach to the Thais is a welcome course correction to the Obama policy.

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