This is a test. I have been asking Director Comey & others, from the beginning of my administration, to find the LEAKERS in the intelligence community…..— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 16, 2017this is a pullquote

But it’s getting harder and harder to deny that the uptick is real, persistent, and deadly.

The wild Russian 90s are back, replete with murders, racketeering, and criminal-fueled chaos.

The real mystery isn’t why there’s a mismatch between our economic metrics and reality. It’s why we should expect them to line up in the first place.

History lesson: Sykes-Picot did not—repeat, did not—establish the borders of the modern Middle East.

All indications are that China believes 2016 is a critical year for the South China Sea.

Amount dwarfs cost of involvement in Syria—and helps only a fraction of Syrians.

Fighting in Nigeria is causing major supply disruptions and rebalancing the global oil market.

He also ordered authorities to seize factories and jail their owners, blaming the bourgeoisie for the country’s economic paralysis.

Political orders, even fragile, imperfect ones, are worth defending from those who would wreck them.