Stillborn Utopia
Masdar City is an $18 billion attempt to build a zero-carbon community on the outskirts of Abu Dhabi. It's empty.
World
Berlin Wall's Fall Didn't Resolve Everything
Has the promise of freedom that looked so bright in 1989 faded-or are there grounds for cautious hope, in place of the wild-eyed optimism of a quarter century ago?
The U.S.-China Climate Change Deal Is Terrible. Fortunately, It Doesn't Matter
Guess what? America is not really doing anything we weren't going to do anyway, and neither is China.
Officials Blame Elections for Afghanistan's Opium Boom
'With the presidential election ongoing, there was a huge demand of funding.'
Twenty-Five Years Ago Today, the Berlin Wall Came Down
The man who gave the order to let the crowd through.
Britain Poised to Muzzle 'Extremist' Speech
The country that gave us free expression may be backpedaling.
Republican Hawks Have an Agenda for Ukraine, Iran, China, ISIS, and the Pentagon Budget
Fronts in the battle for the GOP's foreign-policy vision
New Airstrikes in Syria Target al Qaeda-Linked Militants
Airstrikes Wednesday night targeted Khorasan group
The U.S. Launches Another Dumb War in the Middle East. Why Hitting ISIS Will Just Make Matters Worse.
For most of this century, we've been fighting wars to enhance our security, and each time, we find ourselves with more enemies and less security.
