Good Cop/Bad Cop
Moon Offers Pyongyang Peace Talks

A summit at Panmunjom, while Trump Administration growls threats from the sidelines?

Qatar Crisis
A Light at the End of the Tunnel?

U.S. intelligence officials claim that the UAE was responsible for hacks that preceded the Qatar crisis, muddying the waters in the Persian Gulf standoff. But a good enough resolution could be within reach.

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India-Israel
A Match Made in History

Bibi and Modi have a lot more in common than an interest in technological development and a fear of Islamist terror.

Fake News Watch
The Validator-in-Chief

Trump’s narrative sounds an awful lot like what you hear on RT.

Moral... and Smart
Macron Denounces Anti-Semitism

The French President’s statement helps consolidate the middle ground in France that he hopes will back him while enhancing his moral and political stature in both Germany and the United States.

Buying Used
European Arms Markets Heating Up

Sales of used weapons systems are up across Europe. And that’s a good thing.

Survey Says
China Gains Ground in Latest Pew Poll

Views of China’s economic clout are rising, and Beijing’s favorability is soaring in Africa.

Still Boondogglin'
There Are Smart Biofuels, and There Are Dumb Ones, Too

Guess which one policymakers currently favor?

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Advice for U.S. Policymakers
Hands Off the Antiquities

U.S. cultural policy will become key as wars throughout the Middle East and North Africa give way to reconstructions.

TAI elsewhere
Mens Sana in Corpore Sano

For America to be healthy, both our ideals and our sense of nation need to work together. Right now, they don’t.

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