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the migrant crisis
Germany’s Choice: Easy or Hard Asylum Integration

Germans must insist that Syrian refugees to their country accept Germany’s support of Israel, as well as the country’s hard-won reckoning with its Nazi past.

PC Campus Culture
What Happens when Faculty Stand Up to Illiberalism

A free speech controversy at Yale has ended in disgrace.

The Airpocalypse Returns
Beijing Issues “Red Alert” Make-Up Call

China’s capital is nigh-on shutting down this week to try and clear its toxic, smoggy skies.

South China Sea Standoff
U.S. Sends Spy Plane to South China Sea

The United States announced it will be deploying the Poseidon P-8 aircraft to Singapore to help with disaster relief and “maritime security efforts.”

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Expansion
NATO Moves Forward with Montenegro

NATO’s invitation to Montenegro could help refocus NATO on its core mission and bring the rest of the Balkans into the Alliance.

The Mess in the Middle East
Turkey Squares Off Against Russia, Iraq

Ankara refuses to withdraw troops from northern Iraq.

Blue Civil War
Black Lives Matter vs. Police Unions

Public sector unions are under scrutiny—this time not from conservatives, but from a leftwing activist group.

Good Green News
Did Emissions Take a Dip This Year?

New research says global greenhouse gas emissions may have dropped 0.6 percent this year.

The President's Speech
History Doesn’t Take Sides

Khrushchev thought the Soviet Union was on the “right side of history,” too.

No Easing Up
Russia Prepares to Sue Ukraine

Russia says it is preparing to take Ukraine to court over an outstanding $3 billion loan, after the U.S. rejected one of the terms for its restructuring.

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