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How Reality Destroyed Europe’s Green Energy Dreams
Just a few years ago, European economies were united in pushing for green energy at any cost—what changed?
Bjorn Lomborg
Ayaan Hirsi Ali: Iran Is Collapsing, but Islamism Is Spreading
The fall of the Islamic Republic would be a defeat for political Islam. But an election in Britain and an attack in Texas suggest that Islamism poses an…
Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Modern Terrorism Was Born in the 1970s
International security correspondent Jason Burke on the radicals, hijackers, and government crises that reshaped global security.
Eli Lake
48M
Marco Rubio’s Minor Diplomatic Miracle
At the Munich Security Conference, the secretary of state delivered a bracing critique of European complacency—and got a standing ovation for it.
Eli Lake
Why Are So Many British Women Getting Abortions?
New government figures suggest that, amid a fertility slump, there has been a sharp rise in abortions in the UK. Our reporter speaks to the women who…
Kara Kennedy
Niall Ferguson: The Arrogance of Trump’s Foreign-Policy Critics
Trump’s full-time haters are incapable of considering the possibility that, like any U.S. administration, this one might get some things wrong and some…
Niall Ferguson
Niall Ferguson: How Trump Won Davos
I have never before seen a single individual so completely dominate this vast bazaar of the powerful, the wealthy, the famous, and the self-important.
Niall Ferguson
The Real Reasons Greenland Matters
Trump’s focus on Greenland invites a deeper question about what the White House believes is at stake.
Coleman Hughes
39M
The Davos Crowd Gets the World Wrong Again
Reports of globalization’s death are greatly exaggerated, argues Tyler Cowen.
Tyler Cowen
Why Trump Says We Need Greenland. Live from Davos with Niall Ferguson
With the world order hanging in the balance, Rafaela Siewert gets the latest from the World Economic Forum.
Rafaela Siewert
32M
Trump Can’t Win Greenland Without Losing Europe
The European right is winning elections by promising sovereignty and dignity. Trump’s Greenland gambit threatens both.
Rod Dreher
Trump’s Dangerous Greenland Game
The president’s petulance has created a diplomatic crisis—and risks undermining his foreign policy achievements.
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