The Art of the Deal
China Aims to Fill US Trade Vacuum

With Trump’s election virtually guaranteeing the death of the TPP, China is working to set its own trade agenda in the Pacific.

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2017
To An Anxious Friend…

Why should history spare our generation, and our children’s, our own distinctive tribulations?

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the electoral earthquake
What We Saw

If there has been a theme to our coverage, it is this: The American managerial class leaned too far over its skis with its cosmopolitan project.

Coddled Minds
Special Snowflakes Can’t Even

Reality leaves left-wing millennials and students in a state of shock.

Russian Soft Power
Another Opening for Russia, This Time in Estonia

A government collapse in Estonia provides an opening for a pro-Russia party, as similar parties make headway in Georgia and Moldova.

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the electoral earthquake
The Spectacular Institutional Failure of the Democratic Party

Insofar as you consider the election of Donald Trump a great failure on the part of the nation’s political elite, the Republican Party is not the only institution that was negligent.

The Trump Effect
An Opportunity for Iranian Hardliners?

With the Iran nuclear deal now threatened thanks to Trump’s election, Iranian hardliners could gain the upper hand in Tehran.

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The Morning After
What Just Happened?

How is it that an electorate that twice elected Barack Obama can turn on its boot heels and elect someone like Donald Trump?

Asia's Game of Thrones
Manila to Shrink, Not Scrap, US Defense Ties

The Filipino President has blinked on threats to scrap a crucial defense agreement, but U.S. military cooperation will be downsized.

Enviro-Mental
Mainstream Greens Are Failing Our Warming World

As we set new temperature records, our response to climate change is flailing.

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