court and country
Russia Scandal Looks Different Outside of Washington

The Russia scandal is dominating Washington politics and media. Ordinary voters see things differently.

Unpleasant Truths
North Korea Crisis Is Even Worse Than It Looks

New imagery shows North Korea has even more nuclear fuel than previously thought.

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Bad Tsar/Good Boyars
The Paradoxes of Trump’s Russia Strategy

Donald Trump’s cabinet has managed to construct a pretty sound approach to Russia—perhaps despite the Commander in Chief.

Asia's Game of Thrones
Indonesia Stakes Its Claim in the South China Sea

With the stroke of a pen and the release of a new map, Indonesia just made the South China Sea a little more complicated.

coasting toward the cliff
Why Aren’t Greens More Worried About the Budget?

Unsustainable entitlement spending is a major threat to the environmentalist agenda.

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Turning Up The Heat
Climate Refugees and International Law

The world isn’t prepared for the coming surge of people displaced by droughts, floods, crop failures, and other weather-driven phenomenon.

Blue Model Crisis
Will Hartford Be the Next American City to Go Belly Up?

We need to be prepared for the fiscal storm that will sweep the country the next time a recession hits.

Making the Eurozone Great Again
Macron & Merkel Flirt with Eurozone Reform

Despite French criticism of German policy, the two sides are moving closer to a common vision for Eurozone reform.

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Israel-Palestine
Mahmoud Abbas and the Years of Terror

Mahmoud Abbas’s role in Palestinian politics was forged in the bloody years of the Second Intifada, when he became the anti-Arafat. But the events of those years also foreshadow the indecision and timidity that have plagued him since.

Risky Business
The China Housing Bubble Keeps Growing

And the authorities have no easy options for reining it in.

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