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Paris: Portrait of a City in Green and Brown

Marine Le Pen’s inexorable rise augurs poorly for France and Europe.

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The Christian Terror of Saint Augustine

In an earlier era, rampaging monks sought to create the Christian equivalent of the ISIS caliphate.

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Venezuela at a Crossroads?

The Venezuela opposition win is both astonishing & unsurprising. It’s not an unqualified good result.

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The Libel Equating Islam With Terror

The homegrown attacks in the U.S. and Europe have more in common with secular mass shooters than with Mideast jihad.

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Why India Needs More Freedom

The world’s second-largest nation faces a true culture clash.

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North Sea Boats and Spanish Crossings

Today’s refugee crisis imagery echoes the Dutch England-Voyagers and French escapees of World War II

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Russo-Turkish Confrontation and Future of Putin’s Regime

Repercussions inside Russia of the jet incident on the Syrian border.

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Real Reason Behind Turkey’s Shoot-down of the Russian Jet

The data support Putin’s assertion that the shoot-down was prepared in advance.

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Paris Climate Talks Need to Focus on Innovation

Only when the unsubsidized cost of clean energy is cheaper than fossil fuels will nations switch en masse.

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Why ISIS May Be Targeting France

By seeking to destabilize France, already struggling economically, ISIS aims at bringing down the whole European Union.

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