Obama’s approval ratings on foreign policy are at their lowest ever. This could mark the second time he has squandered an advantage he came in with.

California will soon provide scholarships for students whose families make six-figure salaries. The higher education bubble just keeps expanding.

Reports that Israel is buying Kurdish oil shipped through Turkey raise some interesting possibilities for a lasting alliance in a chronically unstable region.

Colleges are doubling down on luxurious housing even as student loan debt mounts. Most troubling is that states are using bonds to finance new construction.

Secretary of State Kerry met with Kurdish leaders on Tuesday, while Vice President Biden and Turkish PM Erdogan discussed keeping the autonomous region in Iraq. But the Kurds have newfound oil wealth and hold the only secure segment of a disintegrating country. Will they enter the fray or forge a separate destiny?

Reports of the abduction of 90 more children in Nigeria are emerging, though the government has not confirmed them. The country’s crisis seems to grow worse every day.

Putin asks the Russian parliament to nix his open mandate to send soldiers into Ukraine. But don’t count on this being his last word.

Francis Fukuyama spoke at the recent conference, “Re-thinking Democracy Promotion Amid Rising Authoritarianism,” sponsored by TAI, Freedom House, and Johns Hopkins-SAIS. Here is a pre-recorded video of his lecture.

TAI board member Tyler Cowen recently spoke with activist and presidential candidate Ralph Nader about his new book, Unstoppable: The Emerging Left-Right Alliance to Dismantle the Corporate State, which looks at some of the ways American politics is aligning against crony capitalism and special privileges for corporations. The following is an edited version of their interview. You can download the unedited transcript of the interview here.

India’s Environment Minister recently asserted his country’s “right to grow,” and noted that “net [emissions] may increase.” The developing world’s growth imperative is a dagger in the heart of the Global Climate Treaty movement.