Glass Houses
Germany’s Naked Green Hypocrisy

A German minister criticized EU members’ support for nuclear energy, conveniently forgetting his own country’s huge renewables subsidy regime.

New Invitations to the Afterparty
Italy Opens a Window for Russia

Italy wants Russia to get involved in Libya.

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Russia and the West
The Murder of Boris Nemtsov and Our Obligations

Speaking out against Russian human rights abuses from the safety of Washington is easy. Doing it in Russia is hard. Doing it even though no one seems to care takes a steeliness of nerve few have.

The Strategy Gap
Russia Grumbles About U.S. Military Trainers in Ukraine

The Kremlin is decrying the arrival of U.S. military trainers in Ukraine. But it’s not exactly the greatest challenge the West could have mounted to Russia’s revisionist agenda.

The Iran Deal
Saudi Arabia: Bibi Was Right

Saudi Arabia’s press and diplomats are getting more vocal in their concerns about Iran—on which they agree, if tacitly, with Israel.

Reforming Delivery
Doc Crisis Is in the Details

The U.S. might not have a raw shortage of doctors as much as it has a hard time empowering other care providers and getting care to non-urban areas.

"Peak" Oil?
Where Do We Stash All Our Oil?

Oil’s supply outstrips demand by almost 1.5 million barrels per day, and we’re running out of room for storage.

Robotification Ramification
China’s Robot Problem

China is becoming a “robot nation” even as it reaches the phase of economic development at which the U.S. economy started relying on manufacturing jobs.

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Iraq and Ruin
With Friends Like These

Why the U.S. cannot ally with Iran to defeat the Islamic State.

Cold War II?
Strengthening “Atlantic Resolve”

The U.S. is ramping up its deployments of military forces in Eastern Europe and the Black Sea area.

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