François Fillon (ERIC FEFERBERG/AFP/Getty Images)
The Populist Surge
Election Drama à la Française

If you miss the excitement of campaign season, look to France, where next year’s presidential race promises to be a crucial reckoning of the challenges facing Europe.

Burma's Rohingyas
Human Rights Activists Lose Faith in Burma’s Leader

Outrage at Myanmar’s leader for her inaction on the Rohingya demonstrates the continuing failure of human rights activists to understand the world or develop wise strategies for dealing with it.

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The Longest Hatred
The New Jewish Question

As Trump’s election and its aftermath show, Jews still play a role in the passion plays of others.

Looking Ahead
The Democrats Double Down

Nancy Pelosi’s re-election at House Minority Leader suggests that even the 2016 disaster has not yet weakened the establishment’s iron grip over Democratic power centers.

The Vapors
Trump Puts Foreign Service Knickers in a Twist

The inability of U.S. diplomats to explain Trump and his worldview to their foreign interlocutors is likely to be a more serious problem for American foreign policy than any early flubs by the President-elect.

The North American Energy Boom
US Shale Gas Is Powering Mexico

Our southern neighbor is benefiting from the shale boom, too.

Cyber Insecurity
Saudi Arabia Hit By Digital Bomb

A massive cyber attack on Saudi Arabia could bring serious geopolitical blowback.

confirmation bias
The New Yorker Exposes a Fake News Fraud

The anti-Trump establishment falls prey to conspiracy theorizing and paranoia.

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1917
The Marx Memorial Library

Nearly one hundred years after the Russian Revolution, what’s left of Marxism?

A United Front?
Abbas Makes Weak Plea for Palestinian Unity

The Palestinian president is talking up a new unity government, but it is highly doubtful he can deliver.

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