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Europe's Future
The Political Right(s) in France

After moving left for most of its history, is French politics now turning to the far Right?

China's Bubble
China’s Suffering Corn Farmers

In critical ways, China faces more disadvantages than most people think.

Homage to Catalonia
An Independence Stalemate?

In some ways, the mixed outcome of Sunday’s parliamentary elections in Catalonia was the worst possible result. A long, bad-tempered struggle likely lies ahead.

Europe's New New Left
The Left Has Won, Let the Purges Begin

In the UK Labour Party, plans for a purge of moderates follow Corbyn’s shocking victory.

Europe's Putin Problem
Ukraine, Russia, and the EU Strike Gas Deal

Putin is hoping the deal will encourage Europe to lift sanctions.

Blue Rot
Public Unions and Sadistic Prison Guards

There are few clearer illustrations of the way that blue institutions crush blue political constituencies.

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Transatlantic Ties
A Critical Moment in the Syria Crisis

The U.S. must not let Russia and Iran become Europe’s solution to Syria.

ACA Fail Fractal
ACA Co-Op Watch: Another One Bites the Dust

The most recent ACA co-op to fail is the latest sign pointing to an increasingly undeniable reality: Obamacare isn’t the answer to America’s health care problem.

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Kissinger: The Idealist
The Education of Henry Kissinger

Niall Ferguson’s Kissinger: The Idealist is a brilliant, magisterial work, as clever, perceptive, and occasionally contrarian as its complicated subject.

The Syrian Civil War
The Next Stage

As the fighting bogs down in Syria and passions become ever more bitter, an organized “population exchange” along sectarian lines is taking place.

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