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Walter Russell Mead
Editor-at-large, The American Interest Online.
Heckuva Job
What Erdogan’s Pivot to Putin Means

Briefly: nothing good for American interests.

Balancing Act
Thailand’s King Has Died

King Bhumibol’s passing makes the task of American foreign policy in Asia more complicated than ever.

Middle East Mess
Charlie Brown to Stop Running Toward Football. Maybe.

The Obama Administration appears to finally be losing its ability to pretend to itself that Putin takes it seriously as a negotiating partner. But have any larger lessons been learned?

Single Payer Pivot
The Gray Lady Is Singing. Does That Mean It’s Over?

Even the hardiest defenders of Obamacare are now having to concede that it looks more and more like the inevitable failure the critics have always said it was.

Election 2016
Live-Blogging the Presidential Debate

Watching tonight? We are too.

Obama's Syria Policy
Kerry Accepts the Unacceptable

Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, let’s strengthen our partnership. That’s the spirit of the Obama Administration’s policy of dealing with Russia in Syria.

Bibi's Realpolitik
The Real Middle East Story

Precisely because he has a colder view of international affairs than Obama, Netanyahu’s leadership has made Israel stronger than ever.

India-Pakistan
The Explosive India–Pakistan Situation

Tick tick tick.

Death of Driving
The Revolution Is Coming

If autonomous cars fulfill even part of their promise, they will transform human life more than any invention since the personal computer.

The Syria Deal
Barack Obama, Putin’s Patsy

Turning Obama’s hunger for negotiated deals into a ritual theater of serial humiliation is exactly what Putin wants.

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Under Pressure

Russia is increasingly bringing its hybrid warfare tactics to its neighbor in the north.

Immigration and 2016

A look ahead at how the issue will play out in tonight’s debates.

Higher Education Watch

Some things are more important to a university’s mission than admissions rates.

Hong Kong Chaos

The chaos in Hong Kong’s legislature will re-ignite a debate over how to handle activists who openly defy Beijing.

Political Decay

And we all share the blame.

Delivering Health

If you give up choice, you can save money. But do Americans want to give up choice?

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