Game of Thrones
South China Sea on the Boil

Japan’s stronger anti-China stance in its new annual defense white paper has kicked off a furious row between Tokyo and Beijing.

Nuclear Fallout
France Adopts Hypocrisy in Bill Form

France is passing a law today that will hamstring its world-leading nuclear sector, and is somehow calling this a green success.

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The Iran Deal
Focusing on the Bigger Picture

Commentary on the agreement with Iran has focused too much on the “art of the deal” and how it was struck. The real focus should be on the long-term consequences for nuclear proliferation in the Middle East.

Blue Civil War
Hillary Clinton’s ‘Black Lives Matter’ Triangulations

Clinton’s Facebook statement rebuking Sanders and O’Malley on race was part of an effort to compensate for her populist deficiencies by emphasizing her identity politics bona fides .

Russia-China Relations
China and Russia Team Up to Practice Amphibious Assaults

Chinese and Russian ships will hold drills in the Sea of Japan that are sure to make Russia-haters and China-fearers nervous, but those kinds of fears are overblown.

Blue Meltdown
What Democracy Doesn’t Look Like

$25,000 cash prize for voting in Los Angeles? Something sounds wrong.

Xi who must be obeyed
Xi Tells the PLA What’s What

Xi to military: I want to hear you thank me when I purge you.

Waging War Against Pollution
Chinese Stagnation Begets Green Progress

Shuttered industry is helping to clear China’s smoggy skies. Will greens declare this a triumph?

Uber Regulated
Three’s Company: Uber, De Blasio, and Yellow Cab

Politicians proposing policies that restrain the sharing economy will find those policies a hard sell to a younger demographic that simply has new preferences.

Live From DC
UPDATE: Watch Walter Russell Mead in Dialogue with Sen. John McCain

At 11:45, WRM will be live with Sen. McCain for a discussion of Iran, ISIS, China, and much more.

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