America to Lift Oil Export Ban Under Budget Deal
Lifting the ban is unlikely to affect prices, but would be of strategic significance.
Republican Criticism of Islamic State Strategy Feckless
Republicans describe the fight in civilizational terms but don’t call for substantial changes in strategy.
Yemen Ceasefire Holds as Parties Gather for Peace Talks
A truce appears to be holding as Yemen’s various factions gather in Switzerland for peace talks.
Hypocritical Renzi Has a Point on Nord Stream
If Germany is serious about protecting Ukraine, it can’t build a pipeline behind its back.
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.
What Putin’s Apologists Get Wrong
The Russian leader is not the protector of sovereignty his Western admirers imagine him to be.
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.
Republicans Must Not Hold Trade Pact Hostage
Republicans are not only denying America economic gains; they are putting its Pacific strategy at risk.
Greece to Miss Privatization Targets Once Again
Greece postpones the privatization of the port of Piraeus as it seeks to reduce its selloff targets.
How to Have a Geopolitical Conversation with a Nativist
It should be possible to persuade Donald Trump’s supporters that he’s wrong. Here is how.
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.
Iowa Republicans Wonder If Rubio Is Serious
Iowans complain that the senator from Florida isn’t putting in much of an effort in their state.