Strange Bedfellows
Egyptian FM Makes Surprise Trip to Jerusalem, Pushes Peace

Israeli-Gulf Arab is key to understanding the Middle East today.

Getting Africa Right
The Sun Never Sets on Robert Mugabe

The Financial Times is calling for a British pivot to Zimbabwe. Here’s why that’s unlikely to work, even if it was attempted.

South China Sea Standoff
Will the Philippines Throw the Hague’s Ruling in the Trash?

The big problem is that the case hangs from pretty weak thread.

Propped Up
Germany Chucks One Green Subsidy Out, Reaches for Another

Feed-in tariffs for large renewable power projects have been scrapped in favor of competitive auctions.

Blue Model Blues
Republicans Helped Create the Pension Crisis

A new study should blunt Republicans’ self-righteousness about their party’s allegedly superior fiscal prudence.

The European Immigration Crisis
Refugee Crossings to Greece Down 97%

But that may be because of inhumane conditions in refugee camps and paralysis on repatriation.

Ethnic Tensions
The Dogs of War Are Loose in South Sudan

This past weekend, South Sudan marked five years of independence. But a return to civil war is looming after rival ethnic militias killed hundreds in Juba, the young country’s capital.

Age of Abe
Abe’s Smart Politics

Perhaps more than anything else, Abe’s success is the result of his political acumen and the disarray of his Liberal opponents.

The EU and the Tech Revolution
Germany Isn’t Keeping Up with the Jobses

New report reveals slow pace of adaptation to tech revolution.

Trouble for Tehran
Iran’s Kurds Now Growing Restless

Attack on regional governor shows influence of Syrian Civil War.

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