Appeasing the EU
The Return of Little Europe

An EU-Canada trade deal is on the rocks after the European Commission decides that every national parliament will have to approve it separately.

Nationalism Rising
Marie Antoinette, Donald Trump, and the Shaky West

When elites close their eyes to inconvenient truths that the people see, the people sometimes throw off not only the elites but the institutions they control.

Peace they say
German Intelligence: Iran Still Buying Nuke Material

Efforts continued after the nuclear deal was signed.

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Race in America
While Dallas Mourns

Three of our most thoughtful meditations on race, class, and justice in America—published in 2012, but relevant as ever today.

Is this Reform?
Beijing Pushes Harder to Prop Up Ailing SOEs

Can Beijing free short-term economic growth from the inefficient public sector?

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Nationalism Rising
Making Europe Safe for Nationalism, and Vice Versa

It’s the end of the EU as we know it.

North Korea Fallout
US-South Korea to Deploy THAAD

China, predictably, isn’t happy. Neither is Russia.

Campus Kangaroo Courts
The Limits of Title IX

Why campuses are not the proper forum for adjudicating sexual assault.

The China Bubble
In China, the Private Sector Watches from the Sidelines

Anti-liberalizing forces have been at work in China for much longer than anyone thought.

The Middle East
The Tragedy of Modernity in the Middle East

Modernity was supposed to be a virtual synonym for tolerance and progress, but somehow things haven’t worked out that way for the region.

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