Asia's Game of Thrones
ASEAN Countries Rebuke China?

Have U.S. freedom of navigation exercises in the South China Sea empowered America’s Pacific allies?

better biofuel
The Future Looks Bleak for Biofuels

Advanced biofuels are a much better option than corn ethanol, but DuPont says they can’t compete at current oil prices.

Europe's Missing Googles
The European Digital Gap, Quantified

A new Harvard Business Review study throws Europe’s tech woes in sharp relief.

Election Results
Republican Victories Highlight 2016 Stakes

Democrats should be worried about the extent of the clobbering they have endured over the past six years in state and local elections.

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Erdogan Rising
Turkey’s Elections, the Syrian Crisis, and the US

Fresh off his party’s stunning election victory, will Erdogan get in the way of U.S. plans, or work with Washington toward a grand bargain on Syria and Iraq?

ACA Fail Fractal
ACA Co-Ops Dropping Like Flies

Democrats blame Republicans for cutting federal funding for co-ops, but the real problem is that health care costs keep rising.

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Religion & Other Curiosities
Religious Freedom and the Vicissitudes of Power

The problem of balancing power and ethos is not new, but in the face of the unspeakable atrocities that confront us today it is especially anguished.

Good Government
Cleaning Up Atlantis

How to put a kleptocracy on the road to transparency.

After the Iran Deal
Iran: Arresting Journalists and Hindering U.S. Aid to Iraq

Noises about centrifuge reductions notwithstanding, Tehran isn’t really showing the friendlier post-deal face some thought it might.

Syrian Civil War
The Next Stage of Barbarity

Human shields may be just the start in Syria.

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