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Moscow's Spy Game Why Russia Is Winning the Intelligence War in Ukraine By Mark Galeotti The conflict in eastern Ukraine has an invisible but pivotal dimension: intelligence. On this front, both Ukraine and the West are scrambling to counter Russia's vast advantage.

China's Imperial President Xi Jinping Tightens His Grip By Elizabeth C. Economy Xi Jinping’s reforms are designed to produce a corruption-free, politically cohesive, and economically powerful one-party state with global reach: a Singapore on steroids. But there is no guarantee the reforms will be as transformative as the Chinese leader hopes.

The Future of Cities The Internet of Everything will Change How We Live By John Chambers and Wim Elfrink This year signals a major inflection point for the Internet of Everything, which will have a much bigger impact on the world and its cities than the Internet did in its first 20 years. The Internet of Everything is already revolutionizing the way our cities operate, creating...

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The End of the Military-Industrial Complex How the Pentagon Is Adapting to Globalization By William J. Lynn III Commercialization and globalization, coupled with a decline in U.S. defense spending, have ushered in a new era for the U.S. defense industry. The Pentagon is off to a slow start, however, in weathering the current transition.

Pick Your Battles Ending America’s Era of Permanent War By Richard K. Betts After a decade-plus of war, the lessons for the United States are clear: fight fewer, more traditional wars and fight them more decisively. Above all, avoid getting entangled in the politics of chaotic countries.

Vindicating Volatility Why Fluctuating Oil Prices Are Here To Stay By Robert McNally and Michael Levi Three years ago, in an essay for Foreign Affairs, we predicted a new era of oil price volatility. The market laughed at us: the next three years were the smoothest in decades. In the past month, however, volatility is back, and our 2011 essay explains why.

Germany's Polite Populists The Rapid Rise of Europe's Newest Right-Wing Party By Paul Hockenos For years, Germany was the only major European country without a significant right-wing, anti-euro party. Those days are now over, thanks to a new group of highly educated, professionally accomplished populists.

Contentious Kurds Is Turkey Right to Fear the PKK in Kobani? By Piotr Zalewski Kurds have a right to take Turkey to task for its inaction in Kobani, just as Turks have a right to insist that Kurdish suffering in Syria does not give the PKK license to kill civilians or off-duty soldiers in Turkey.

Egypt's Army of God The Largest Arab Military Isn't As Secular As It Seems By Gilad Wenig In a sense, the military’s embrace of Islam is unsurprising given the prominent role religion plays in Egyptian life and culture. But in light of the coup against Morsi, it must also be seen as a major element in the Egyptian state’s ideological battle to reclaim the mantle...

The Hollow Coalition Washington's Timid European Allies By Raphael Cohen and Gabriel Scheinmann Washington's European allies are contributing far less to the war on ISIS than the 2011 campaign in Libya. With time, they will only grow weaker on the battlefield.

Act of Congress Israel, Iran, and the Republican Victory By Trita Parsi The Republicans’ Senate victory offers Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu new hope for outmaneuvering Obama on Iran.

Process Before Policy How Washington Can Avert Financial Ruin After the Election By R. Glenn Hubbard If the new Congress wants to address the country's fiscal health, it will need to restructure the budget process before it attempts to balance the budget itself. That would offer the best hope of reducing long-term debt and safeguarding government programs.

Deadly Deportations How Obama's Immigration Policies Break the Law By Lauren Carasik If a decrease in border crossings is the metric upon which Obama's response to this summer's immigration crisis is judged, he has succeeded. But his is a hollow victory, particularly since it came at the cost of imperiling the lives of refugees the United States is bound to...