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Richard Thaler, left, won the Nobel Prize in economics on Monday in part because he realized people act irrationally. Credit Scott Olson/Getty Images
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People walk past damaged buildings in the Douma neighborhood of Damascus, Syria February 9, 2016. REUTERS/Bassam Khabieh
Syria: The Myth of a Regime Victorious
These are my last days as the UK Special Representative for Syria. As I look back at three short years in this role, much has changed in Syria, and yet much has remained the same. For sure, this conflict has seen far worse times and atrocities, the vast majority of...Caption:
French President Emmanuel Macron (C) speaks to the media as German Chancellor Angela Merkel (R), European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker (L) and Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy (2nd from L) look on following a meeting of European Union leaders at the Chancellery on June 29, 2017 in Berlin | Sean Gallup/Getty Images
What Congress Should Do Now About Iran
You’re a member of Congress who opposed the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action on the grounds that the plan had critical flaws and the Obama administration had in essence given away too much without permanently cutting off Iran’s path to a nuclear weapon. However, you...Caption:
Russian President Vladimir Putin. (Alexei Druzhinin / Sputnik / Kremlin Pool/European Pressphoto Agency)
Russia’s Election Meddling Backfired
Intelligence officers sometimes talk about “blowback,” when covert actions go bad and end up damaging the country that initiated them. A year later, that is surely the case with Russia’s secret attempt to meddle in the US presidential election, which has brought a...Caption:
President Donald Trump holds a rally with supporters at an arena in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, June 21, 2017. Jonathan Ernst / Reuters