A War Warning
Iran to Saudis: We’re Going to Land This Ship No Matter What

The Iranian “aid” ship bound for Yemen will not be stopped short of war, Iran warns.

Armed and Dangerous
Cops and the Fourth Amendment

President Obama’s announcement today that local police forces in the United States will no longer be able to access certain kinds of military surplus equipment is the best news we’ve heard from the White House in a long time.

Kansas' Red Dawn
Under Brownback, Kansas Sees Wage and Job Growth

Kansas still has long term fiscal problems, but Brownback’s tax cuts have brought wage and job growth to the state. One gap: a serious focus on making government itself more efficient.

Middle East Mess
A Tactical Success, A Strategic Failure

The success of the Syria raid and the collapse in Ramadi paradoxically point to the same grim fact: America’s chosen policies in the Middle East are failing.

The New Normal
Humanitarian Catastrophes and Global Disorder

Today’s plight of the Rohingya, the Syrians and the Libyans point toward the kind of change and turmoil that is bound to accompany any serious decline of American power and will.

Palestinian Politics
Return or Die?

Palestinians in Syria have been swept up in the horrific violence. What is the response of the Palestinian Authority?

Harder than it looks
Modi Hits Another Tax Reform Snag

In the latest example of Modi’s increasing struggle to enact his economic reform agenda, political opposition crushed an important, otherwise popular tax reform bill.

America's Religion
Religious Nones, Religious Somes

A new Pew report that found a steep decline in Christian affiliation made waves, but one big reason to treat it carefully: the ‘nones’ aren’t quite who you think they are.

Minorities in China
Chinese Authorities Yank Uighur Passports

Authorities in Xinjiang and Beijing are worried about the spread Islamist violence in Xinjiang, and they are taking away the passports of Uighurs, a Sunni minority in the western province of Xinjiang.

France and the Middle East
French Play Lawrence d’Arabie as U.S. Sits on Sideline

New French-Arab deals are signaling dissatisfaction with US.

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