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Free Speech and the Nationalist-Globalist Clash

Pure cosmopolitanism, despite its pretensions to openness, is actually in tension with America’s free speech tradition.

Wonder Worm
Making Green Solutions from Fish Bait

How a caterpillar could help us recycle plastics.

Counting Boots on the Ground
Pentagon Given Authority to Raise Troop Limits in Iraq and Syria

President Trump is delegating authority to his generals—just like he always said he would. But the political costs if anything goes wrong will be his alone.

Migrant Mess
EU Officials State The Obvious On Libya

It turns out failed states are not so great at preventing migrant flows.

Of Heart Attacks and Hit Men
Following the Trail of Dead Russians

Russia is a violent place, and not all the assassinations that happen there are connected. But sometimes they look like they might be…

Money Woes
Education’s Taxing Problem

America’s schools need cash, but Pennsylvania’s proposed solution—substituting sales taxes for property taxes as a funding source—should get failing marks.

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100 Days in and the Reichstag Hasn’t Burned Yet

Those prophesying apocalyptic doom under President Trump have not come out looking so good.

Gassing Up
Gazprom Gloats over Its European Dominance

The company’s CEO is pleased with his position in Europe after securing funding for Nord Stream 2.

Commitment Issues
The Trouble with NATO Burden Sharing

It goes far deeper than a failure to reach the 2 percent spending target.

After The Referendum
Another Big Step Toward the Turkey-EU Divorce

The Council of Europe re-introduces monitoring for Turkey on human rights issues for the first time since 2004.

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