Future Energy
Is Coal Done Growing in China?

Air quality concerns are putting a limit on coal’s potential to grow in its most important market: China.

The German Elections—Take One
The AfDermath

Populism is alive and well, it seems, in Germany. It’s not clear, however, that policy was the decisive factor for many voters abandoning the two big-tent parties.

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Energy & Climate
Where Big Oil Meets Big Green

Cheap energy and stopping climate change are not mutually exclusive goals.

More of the Same?
Brussels Spins New Refugee Policy

The EU has a new plan to resettle 50,000 more refugees. It probably won’t fare much better than the last one.

Vision 2030
Saudi Women in the Driver’s Seat at Last

Saudi Arabia will allow women to drive. It’s a real leap for women, but only one very small step for broader reform.

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A Failure to Govern
The Crisis of Elite Authority in the West

The indolence of our political class lies at the center of the systemic dysfunctions bedeviling Western democracies.

Rising Sun
Subsidy-Free Solar?

What a new UK solar farm means for the global solar industry:

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European Disunion
Catalonia and the Malady of Democracy

Spain’s present troubles are a reflection of the challenges facing liberal democracy throughout the West.

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KRGexit
Who’s Afraid of an Independent Kurdistan?

Pretty much everyone: Iraqi Kurdistan’s neighbors threaten devastating responses as Kurds head to the polls.

higher ed in turmoil
Illiberalism Is Expensive

An NYT op-ed proposes that rioters ought to be granted control over what events may and may not be held on college campuses.

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