Kleptocracy Watch
Clean Up the UN

The ‘international space’ is poorly governed, and the press doesn’t watch it as closely as it watches national politics.

Brexit and Beyond
Will Economic Worries Keep the UK in the EU?

Brexit referendum leading to slowdown in investment, fall in pound sterling.

The Panama Papers
Big Leak, Big Corruption, Deep Rot

A massive leak from a Panamanian law firm specializing in setting up offshore tax havens is helping to expose the moral rot at the core of our societies.

Big If True
Alawis Distance Themselves from Assad and Shi‘a Islam?

A new document, purportedly from the leaders of Syria’s Alawite sect, could be a game-changer for the Middle East.

media watch
America Shouldn’t Have an Aristocracy

The slavishness of the press establishment toward the political establishment sometimes reveals itself in reporters’ bizarre unconscious assumptions

due process denied
Strongest Ruling Yet Against Campus Kangaroo Courts

It may be that the first and last line of defense of campus due process is the court system.

Asia's Game of Thrones
Myanmar’s Opening: The China Angle

The excitement about democratization has often obscured the geopolitical significance of Myanmar’s opening.

Unsettled Science
Greens Are Their Own Worst Enemy

The NYT tried to clear up some misconceptions surrounding the “pause” in global warming. They missed that pause’s biggest effect.

The European Immigration Crisis
Greece Blows Past Refugee Deadline

Deterrence, help from other EU states in question.

North Korea Fallout
Is China Cheating on North Korea Sanctions?

As in the South China Sea, Beijing doesn’t seem particularly intimidated by U.S. demands.

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