How America Earned Donald Trump
The property tycoon and presidential candidate promises a return to better days that never really were.
Analysis
America to Lift Oil Export Ban Under Budget Deal
Lifting the ban is unlikely to affect prices, but would be of strategic significance.
Merkel Wins Over Bavarians After Immigration Row
The German chancellor’s Bavarian allies are won over by her concessions on immigration.
Let’s Not Worry About a Contested Convention Yet
The Republican Party has designed its nominating process in such a way as to avoid exactly this.
Sarkozy’s Republicans Defeat French Nationalists in Runoffs
The former president’s strategy to keep the nationalists out of power seems to be working.
Cruz Moves Up But Still Long Shot in Republican Contest
The Texas senator is starting to look like the favorite in Iowa, but winning Iowa is not enough.
Obama, Republicans See Terror Threat Differently
Where the president sees a problem to manage, Republicans imagine a civilizational struggle.
Ukraine, Russia Walk Back Economic War Over Crimea
Russia resumes coal supplies after Ukraine restores electricity to the Crimean Peninsula.
French Parties Divided in Response to Le Pen Victory
The Socialists urge their candidates to withdraw. The Republicans are not returning the favor.
Republicans to America: Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid
The politics of fear may work for Republican candidates, but only in the short term.
National Front Now Third Force in French Politics
Marine Le Pen’s nationalist party cements its status as the third force in French politics.
Ten Years In, Conservatives Still Don’t Get Cameron
Many in his own party still see the prime minister as reactive and not as reshaping Britain.
Saudi Family Dispute Bursts into the Open
King Salman’s favorite son, Mohammad, is held responsible for a reckless foreign policy.
What Trump Represents Is Neither New Nor Unique
Nationalism and political incorrectness are the hallmarks of populists on both sides of the Atlantic.
Putin’s Strategy Kills Another Black Sea Pipeline
Russia’s belligerent foreign policy claims a second Black Sea gas pipeline as its victim.