Complacency May Have Led to Brexit and Trump
In good times, politics becomes a kind of sport: a means of venting and expressing oneself at low risk.
Analysis
Five Reasons to Doubt Libyan Truce Will Hold
Khalifa Haftar and Fayez al-Sarraj agree to stop fighting, but it’s not hard to imagine how their deal might unravel.
Don’t Read Too Much into Macron’s Falling Popularity
The president loses support from the people who would be hurt by his reforms.
Duda Hasn’t Stopped Law and Justice from Subjugating Poland’s Courts
The president’s veto doesn’t end the ruling nationalist party’s attempts to put the judiciary under political control.
Ukraine Might Be Better Off If “Little Russia” Did Secede
Donetsk and Luhansk are unlikely to form a new country. The rest of Ukraine might be better off if they did.
Conservatives Need to Make Capitalism Work for Everyone
Free markets and globalization have made Britain wealthier, but it doesn’t always feel that way.
German-Turkish Relations Have Been Going Downhill for Years
Turkey has detained German nationals and refused lawmakers access to a NATO base.
To Save Saudi Arabia, They Needed a Young King
Great kings can overcome the burdens of geopolitics by force of will and shrewd wisdom. But they need time.
Support for Catalan Independence Down, But It Could Still Happen
Only a minority would vote to break away from Spain, but they could prevail if opponents of independence stay home.
Fear That Trump Will Fire Special Counsel in Russia Probe
If the president tries to fire Robert Mueller, it could trigger a constitutional crisis.
Trump Hopes Americans Will Suffer and Blame His Opponents
No other president was ever willing to trade the welfare of the American people for his own political gain.
Trump Gives Putin What He Wants, Pulls Support from Syrian Rebels
Donald Trump withdraws his support from the rebels fighting Syria’s Russian-backed dictator.
Once the Party of Stability, Conservatives Provoke Unrest
Britain’s Conservatives once promised a haven from global unrest. Now they seem to provoke it.
Resistance to Trump Is Making Strange Bedfellows
“Moderate” Republicans are not reining in the president. Democrats need to ally with the purists on the right.
Immigration Lessons from Canada
Canada’s diverse migrant population and protection of the majority culture have made assimilation easier.