Reality Check

Here’s to a holiday that helped rescue the U.S. from its own self-destruction.

Would anything in Turkey change if Erdogan were defeated?

An indefinite “freeze for freeze” may be all that’s obtainable.

A slowdown in investment portends a general economic slowdown.

If France and Germany can’t offer leadership, EU members may go on without them.

In the Balkans, nothing is forgotten, and nothing is forgiven.

The European Union’s three largest members have had a rough week.

The U.S. needs Canada, and Canada needs the U.S.

The state of the economy has forced the president to call for snap elections.

The country’s economy is improving, but the devil is in the details.

It’s a product of an era that no longer exists.

The era of wishful thinking about China’s emergence is ending. But what will actually change?