Asia's Game of Thrones
Japan and India Near Nuke Deal

Another sign of China’s two biggest regional rivals cozying up.

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Spy vs. Spy
The Game Is Afoot

How spies, terrorists, and criminals could leverage gamified intelligence networks to wreak havoc in the 21st century.

Asia's Game of Thrones
Pentagon Sounds the Alarm on China’s Military Ambitions

The Defense Department is as worried about China as ever. How will Trump respond?

meritocracy?
How Elites Protect Their Status: Private School Edition

The effort to downplay old-fashioned measures of academic merit is really about protecting the already-privileged.

Missile Diplomacy
Seoul Presses Pause on THAAD

A minor concession to China—or the sign of a serious rift with Washington?

Downfall
The Assault on Raqqa Begins

As the assault on ISIS’ capital Raqqa begins, another U.S. strike on the Assad regime makes clear that the scramble for Syria is only beginning.

red dawn flickers
“Starve the Beast” Fails in the Sunflower State

Kansas lawmakers repudiate Gov. Brownback’s extreme supply side approach to public budgeting.

Trump vs. Trudeau
In the Anglosphere, Diversity Is Strength

Canada is defining its foreign policy agenda in sharp contrast to Trump’s, but the ties that bind the two countries remain as strong as ever.

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That Vision Thing
Losing Our Grip, from Paris to Podgorica to London

Ralph Waldo Emerson gave us “the shot heard round the world”; Donald J. Trump, the shove felt cross the planet.

ACA Agonistes
Parties Point Fingers as Obamacare Meltdown Continues

The Obamacare insurance markets have suffered yet another major blow.

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