Turbine Trouble
Donald Trump and the Aesthetics of Wind

Trump thinks wind turbines are ugly. What does this mean for the future of American offshore wind power?

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The Transatlantic Alliance
Europe Faces the Demolition Man

Behind the harsh rhetoric about freeloading allies, is Trump a Transatlanticist at heart?

Asia's Game of Thrones
Duterte Walks Back China Criticism

After the Chinese abruptly canceled a trade summit, the Philippine President is now walking back his Foreign Secretary’s harsh criticism of China.

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Memories
Gone to the Tote-Sum

Perhaps what truly has the power to keep us together in divisive times are the “mystic chords of memory.”

Technology and Africa
Cameroon’s Coding Champion Goes Home to Internet Shutdown

A moment of bitter irony in the midst of Cameroon’s Anglophone crisis highlights the promises and limits of technology.

Photos from Alex Kokcharov.
Bromance Interrupted
Trump’s Ratings Slump in Russia

The love of Putin’s Russia is a precious gift that costs a lot and can be taken away at a moment’s notice—as soon as the beloved doesn’t fit the Kremlin’s selfish interests any longer.

Manchurian Candidate?
Trump Isn’t Sounding Like a Russian Mole

Trump’s core global strategy is intended to destroy any illusions in Moscow that Russia is a peer competitor of Washington’s.

Higher Education Watch
How Much Should the Government Subsidize Harvard?

How the government might restrict the flow of subsidies to selective American universities whose priorities aren’t necessarily in line with the public’s.

My Big Fat Greek Bailout
Team Trump to IMF: Stand Your Ground on Greece

Europeans hoping that the U.S. might lean on the IMF for friendlier Greek bailout terms may be out of luck.

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Panglossian Harmony
All for the Best

City Opera’s revived production of Candide is a bleak, and hilarious, musical comedy—equal parts light opera and brutal savaging thereof.

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