Europe is still struggling to deal with the effects of the refugee crisis.
Even the most powerful ones are constrained by impersonal forces.
Its new leaders had to moderate their anti-establishment campaign stances.
Their shared perspectives on Europe’s future are bringing them together.
Though much has changed in the past two and a half years, there is much bigger change coming in the future.
It’s always been hard to tell just what everyone wanted in Syria. Thanks to Iran, we now have a clearer idea.
The government in Tehran will still have some degree of influence in Iraq regardless of who wins.
Turning to the IMF won’t be popular, but failure to reform is not an option.
Headlines to the contrary are a bit misleading.
Since its founding, the modern Turkish republic has changed dramatically.
Reconciling a nation to a past greater than the present is both hard and dangerous.
China and Vietnam have tepidly embraced reform. Why can’t the Hermit Kingdom?
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