The EU and Russia
The European Sanctions Dance

The EU has put an agreement together that will extend the sanctions against Russia, but it’s tenuous.

Live From DC
Watch WRM Speak With Senator Tom Cotton

Walter Russell Mead is hosting a conversation about US foreign policy with Senator Tom Cotton at the Hudson Institute this morning.

...& Other Curiosities
Supersessionism and All That

Throughout history, movements have sprung up denying the profound discontinuities between Christians and Jews, as well as between Protestants and Catholics.

Frack Attack
Saudis Seducing U.S. Shale Workers

Saudi Arabia’s state-owned oil firm is luring laid-off American shale workers to frack the Middle East.

We Like Him... We Like Him Not...
The Wages of Having No Discernible Syria Policy

The State Department’s attempt to walk back Secretary Kerry’s remarks on Assad is just the latest reminder: the Administration’s Middle East policy is thoroughly muddled.

Relentless Innovation
Apple Cuts the Cable

As Apple pushes forward with plans to launch an online streaming TV service, the U.S. can come one step closer to cutting the cord.

Prison Injustice
Jail Time for Violating School Dress Codes

Teenagers who have committed only trivial offenses are sent to juvenile detention centers—where they are exposed to terrible conditions and dangers.

Petrostate Problems
U.S.-Iran Deal Could Sink Russia

If huge amounts of Iranian oil are suddenly allowed to pour into an already flooded global market, Russia could lose big.

Reforming Delivery
Telemedicine to the Rescue in Rural America?

As rural hospitals close nationwide, telemedicine is an obvious, and cheap, way to deliver health care to rural populations. But legal barriers are restricting it.

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Now You See Him...
Has the Russian System’s Agony Begun?

Or was Putin’s disappearing act just the dress rehearsal for the looming collapse?

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