The UK and EUtopia
Is the UK Getting Smart on EU Negotiations?

Brinksmanship may be giving way to targeted reforms.

Atrocity in Pakistan
Massacre in Pakistan: Over 130 Dead, Mostly Children

Taliban militants have attacked a school in Peshawar, Pakistan, killing over 130 people, mostly children, with victims as young as 10.

Feet to the Fire
Congress Passes Ukraine Bill, Obama Holds Sanctions Over Russia’s Head

The Ukraine Freedom Support Act of 2014 imposes harsh sanctions on key Russian economic sectors and authorizes the President to give lethal aid to Ukraine for the first time. But Obama appears to be opting to hold his fire for now.

Reforming Delivery
Will Technology Put Doctors on Life Support?

Doctors aren’t going away, but as technology empowers nurses and other providers, they will certainly do less primary care. This is good news for everyone.

The Francis Era
Creating a Pope in the Media’s Own Image

The Pope did not say that all dogs go to heaven, but for a media convinced of its own account of this papacy, details sometimes seem beside the point.

A Lot of Hot Air
Lima Salvages Last-Minute, Watered-Down Climate Deal

Delegates ran thirty hours over deadline to sign a climate agreement in Lima over the weekend, but the deal is full of caveats.

The Evolution of Erdogan
Erdogan Arrests Opposition Media Figures

The editor-in-chief of Turkey’s largest newspaper is among those seized.

ACA Fail Fractal
Hospitals and Insurers: Caring Is Not Sharing

The Affordable Care Act was supposed to decrease the cost of uncompensated care for insurers and hospitals. But while profits for industry giants are rising, they’re not sharing.

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The Islamic State
A Security Threat at Europe’s Doorstep

IS poses a terrorist threat unlike any Europe has faced before.

The Cost of Stability
Egypt’s New Terror Law Threatens Civil Society Groups

Egypt’s new “terrorist entities” law defines terrorism in such a way as to give the state broad powers to restrict political action and civil society groups.

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