Duterte Harry
Duterte Literally Gives EU the Finger

The Philippine President’s recurring outbursts complicate U.S. Asia strategy.

Crime and Punishment
Bring Back Jeremy Bentham

What the 19th-century philosopher would suggest on criminal justice reform.

The KGB is Back
The Siloviki Coup in Russia

Russia’s security services have been slowly taking over the state—and dismantling Putin’s own system of keeping the various factions competing with each other.

India-Pakistan
After Kashmir Attack, Modi Flexes Some Muscle

The situation now is a far cry from earlier this year when Modi visited Pakistan and called for better ties.

Into The Future
Online Education at the End of History

Francis Fukuyama’s insights from a generation ago shed light on a controversy at UC Berkeley.

Crude Economics
Petrostates Ramp Up Oil Freeze Rhetoric

We’re one week away from an Algeria meeting that could produce an oil “freeze.”

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Bioengineering
The Age of Designer Plagues

The growing ease of genetically modifying bacteria and viruses presages real trouble ahead.

Death of Driving
The Revolution Is Coming

If autonomous cars fulfill even part of their promise, they will transform human life more than any invention since the personal computer.

Latin Lefty Meltdown
Oil Workers Starve as Venezuela’s Crude Output Collapses

In Caracas, crises beget crises.

Israel and the UN
The Bipartisan Israel Consensus Holds

Given all the speculation that the Democratic Party might be turning against Israel, no news is, in this case, news.

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