Opinion

A teacher still has a classroom. An office worker still receives a paycheck. A merchant still opens his shop. Yet all three can lose their place in Iran’s middle class without becoming unemployed. Their earnings no longer buy the life their work once supported. That is the political significance of Iran’s economic crisis. Inflation is […]

Spain is rapidly becoming a serious hazard for international investors. Instead of upholding property rights, the country’s political climate now drives its institutional decay, threatening to compromise a fragile legal system. This danger was on full display on Sept. 23, when Madrid police executed the lawful eviction of 87-year-old Maricarmen Abascal — an enforcement action […]

An American friend sent me a short video from a dinner in Bucharest on March 31. Kimberly Guilfoyle, President Donald Trump’s ambassador to Greece, sat with Sorin Grindeanu, leader of Romania’s Social Democrats, and Bogdan Ivan, then Romania’s energy minister. Five weeks later, Grindeanu’s party joined nationalists to bring down Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan’s government. […]

Yields on sovereign debt are rising across the world. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note, the U.S. benchmark, is up about 1% or 100 basis points since July. That sharp rise has caused market commentators to warn of a sovereign debt crisis. Some experts on global markets place the blame on U.S. fiscal policy, […]

As investigators delve into last week’s failed terrorist attack on FlyDubai Flight 1073, two main threads emerge: The first is a celebration of the heroism of the Indian pilot and Israeli passengers and the service of Saudi medical staff when the plane eventually landed. The second are the conspiracy theories that reflect both the mainstreaming […]

Last week, the New York Times published what it deemed “The 100 Best TV Shows of the 21st Century.” While cinematic phenomena, from 2009’s Avatar to 2023’s “Barbenheimer” and this year’s blockbuster Odyssey, occasionally flare up and captivate the culture, television has been the steadier force shaping popular entertainment over the past two decades. The […]

President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping have developed something unusual in U.S.-China relations: a diplomacy increasingly centered on the two leaders themselves. Xi’s September visit to Washington followed Trump’s May summit with him in Beijing, with further encounters possible at international gatherings later this year. The latest meeting produced targeted tariff reductions, an […]

For millions of Americans and especially the brave warfighters who bear the invisible wounds of conflict, traditional medicine has long fallen short. For decades, veterans and others suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain injury, and severe substance use disorders have faced a system that moves too slowly. Too many families have watched loved ones […]

Gov. Abigail Spanberger (D-VA) campaigned as a centrist who promised to make Virginia more affordable for families. But her existing energy policies are poised to make electricity more expensive for ratepayers next year, and the full energy plan she released last week would make energy more expensive for decades to come. Shortly after taking office […]