Brazil In Trouble
Moody’s May Junk Brazil

Moody’s signals that it may follow Standard and Poor’s and cut Brazil’s credit rating to junk.

TAI elsewhere
At Harvard, Feelings Trump Knowledge

Harvard’s decision to dump the title “master” for faculty heads of residential colleges rests on ignorant folk etymology.

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Free Tibet
A More Ambitious Approach

American interests would be better served by a broader, more ambitious policy on Tibet—one that brings democracy and strategic issues into the mix.

Crude Economics
OPEC Ups Output as Prices Plunge Below $40

While Brent crude dips below $40, OPEC continues to defy the market and increase production.

Whose Seas Are These?
South Korea Fires Warning Shots at Chinese Vessel

South Korea and China have a lot to work through before their relationship can fundamentally change.

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Parsing Putin
Russia’s 19th-Century Approach in Syria

Vladimir Putin’s Presidency is reminiscent of the strategies and rhetoric used by the 19th-Century Czar, Nicholas I.

The French Far Right
How Le Pen Could Lose

French establishment firewall looks strong.

In-Eco-Quality
The Luxury of Renewables

Advocates warn that poor households share few of the benefits and too many of the costs of renewable subsidy schemes.

race and admissions
Affirmative Action on the Brink

Focusing narrowly on race in admissions ignores broader injustices in American higher education.

Interfaith Dialogue
Rethinking the Reformation

Religious pluralism compels individuals, on whatever level of intellectual sophistication, to differentiate between the core of their own faith and its more negotiable elements.

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