ISIS' Foreign Fighters
Elite French Soldiers Join ISIS’s Ranks

About ten French former soldiers, including some from elite units, have joined the jihadis.

Tech and the State
Millennials Are Fans of the NSA

The NSA is more popular with Americans under 30 than with those over 65. That’s an inconvenient fact for civil libertarian reformers.

Game of Thrones
China Building a Base Near the Senkakus

Japan and China are still building up their strategic military capabilities near the disputed islands, despite the recent talk of easing tensions.

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Ancient Wisdom
Know Thy Enemy

The modern Western penchant for trusting in the equal rationality of all is strategic folly. Aeschylus understood this well.

Modinomics
Good Omens for Indian Reforms

India is giving individual states more freedom to test new ideas. It worked for us!

Urbs and Burbs
Young Americans Still Want the Suburbs

A new survey finds that 66 percent of millennial respondents want to live in the suburbs. Technology can make that choice more sustainable.

Stark Choices
Stuck in the Middle with Ukraine

The U.S. is sending armored vehicles to the Ukrainian military and deploying troops to the outskirts of Lviv, where they will be training Ukrainian national guard units.

Enviro-Mental
Europe’s $100 Billion Green Energy Mistake

In its green fervor, Europe has lost $100 billion by siting renewables in cloudy and windless locations.

Foreign Policy a la Modi
India “Acts East”

In the lead-up to a visit from Obama, Modi is trumpeting a new diplomatic stance toward China that is in line with U.S. interests.

Abortion in America
A Tale of Two Marches

Last year the NYT print edition passed on covering the March for Life. The media’s biases will just as likely be at work this year.

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