Geothermal Energy
Iceland Is Tapping Volcanoes for Power

A 3-mile-deep well could provide startling amounts of electricity.

The Great Fall
Beijing Slams on the Brakes After Securities Sell-Off

China’s latest market panic adds to a growing body of evidence that the Chinese economic model is in serious trouble.

The End of Ideology—This Time for Real
The Anti-Cold War

For the first time in history, a U.S. foreign policy shorn of American idealism seems not only possible, but probable. How did this happen?

Reefer Madness
Liberal Californians Want Legal Weed, Just Not in Their Neighborhoods

Some social libertarians support the idea of legal marijuana in the abstract, but would prefer if most of the dispensaries and habitual users they attract were concentrated in other parts of the state.

Commitment Issues
Dutch Hollow Out Ukraine-EU Deal

As Brussels kowtows to Dutch demands, the Ukrainians are re-learning a familiar lesson: the EU is just not that into Ukraine.

Enviro-Mental
Germany to Miss Climate Targets Because of Anti-Nuclear Bias

Reducing greenhouse gases is difficult when you close zero-emissions power plants.

Awash in Oil
Russian Oil Producers Will “Voluntarily” Cut Output

But the deal will be “voluntary” for the country’s oil producers.

Not-So-Great Power Politics
Austria Fails to Halt Turkey Accession Talks

Vienna tries and fails to halt EU accession negotiations.

the cabinet
What Tillerson Means

The administration seems intent on pursuing a detente with Moscow whether or not Rex Tillerson is confirmed as Secretary of State.

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Liberal Democracy
Does Islam Belong?

The question is not whether Islam belongs in Europe or the United States, but how.

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