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The French president spent his first year steering his country to the right — and his supporters on the left are starting to wonder what they signed up for.
Merkel Has Disastrously Bungled Her Relationship With Trump
The chancellor’s approach has been typical of German foreign policy: moralistic, hypocritical — and completely ineffective.
The Royal Baby Is Lucky He Wasn’t Born in America
Everyone in the West, royalty or not, gets better maternal health care than parents in the United States.
Sometimes Armenian Protests Are Just Armenian Protests
Not every post-Soviet revolution is about the geopolitics of Russia.
China’s $6 Billion Propaganda Blitz Is a Snooze
Beijing’s propaganda works at home, but it can't compete globally.
How AI Could Destabilize Nuclear Deterrence
A new Rand Corp. report finds artificial intelligence could increase the risk of nuclear war.
The Chinese Communist Party Is Setting Up Cells at Universities Across America
It’s a strategy to tighten ideological control. And it’s happening around the world.
Lost in the Middle East
The incoherence of Washington's Syria policy is a symptom of its failure to define a new role in the world.
Human Rights Groups Bristling at State Department Report
What’s not in the report is as important as what’s in it.
Emmanuel Macron’s Critique of Pure Liberalism
It’s not an accident that Donald Trump’s closest foreign friend is the French president.
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Has Trump Become a Realist?
America finally has a president who grasps the basic logic of offshore balancing in the Middle East.
America’s First Reality TV War
The Trump administration's latest missile strikes in Syria were never going to accomplish anything. But the show must go on.
America Can’t Be Trusted Anymore
It's hard to be powerful when nobody believes a word you say.
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What Comes Next in Syria?
With President Trump’s strikes on Assad’s regime, the Syrian civil war is at the forefront of the global political stage. But what happens when the strikes are over?
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Independence Day in Israel, Rohingya refugees in India, and turtles in the Bay of Bengal.
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Thus Spoke Jordan Peterson
The best-selling psychologist isn't leading young men to salvation — he's delivering them to authoritarianism.
The Arab World’s Star Student
What Tunisia can teach its neighbors about the value of education.
