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Last Updated 12/01/15

The Best of 2015

Kenan Malik on Europe's integration policies; Charles King on the study of international affairs; Ira Trivedi on India’s bride shortage; and more.

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Table of Contents

Darkness Invisible

The Hidden Global Costs of Mental Illness

Thomas R. Insel, Pamela Y. Collins, and Steven E. Hyman

The Calm Before the Storm

Why Volatility Signals Stability, and Vice Versa

Nassim Nicholas Taleb and Gregory F. Treverton

March/April 2015

Comment March/April 2015

The Failure of Multiculturalism

Community Versus Society in Europe

March/April 2015

March/April 2015

The Resistible Rise of Vladimir Putin

Russia’s Nightmare Dressed Like a Daydream

March/April 2015

Essay March/April 2015

Obama’s Libya Debacle

How a Well-Meaning Intervention Ended in Failure

Alan J. Kuperman

March/April 2015

Essay March/April 2015

ISIS Is Not a Terrorist Group

Why Counterterrorism Won’t Stop the Latest Jihadist Threat

Audrey Kurth Cronin

Comment May/June 2015

The End of Reform in China

Authoritarian Adaptation Hits a Wall

The Decline of International Studies

Why Flying Blind Is Dangerous

Same as It Ever Was

Why the Techno-optimists Are Wrong

The End of Pax Americana

Why Washington’s Middle East Pullback Makes Sense

Steven Simon and Jonathan Stevenson

February 20, 2015

Snapshot February 20, 2015

China's Boyfriends for Hire

How to Survive the Chinese New Year

Clarissa Sebag-Montefiore

Snapshot March 22, 2015

Lessons from Marijuana Legalization Around the Globe

Snapshot April 15, 2015

Caliphate of Law

ISIS' Ground Rules

Andrew F. March and Mara Revkin

Snapshot May 10, 2015

The Balkans, Interrupted

The Protests in Macedonia are Only the Beginning

Edward P. Joseph

Snapshot May 22, 2015

When a Bride-to-Be Is a Bride to Buy

In India, a Shortage of Women Generates Demand for Trafficked Brides

Snapshot May 31, 2015

There's Something About Marriage

Why the Vote in Ireland Was Bad for Same-Sex Rights

Omar G. Encarnación

Snapshot July 07, 2015

A Pain in the Athens

Why Greece Isn't to Blame for the Crisis

August 10, 2015

Snapshot August 10, 2015

Enlightened Despots, Then and Now

The Truth About an Islamic Enlightenment

John M. Owen IV and J. Judd Owen

October 01, 2015

Snapshot October 01, 2015

Putin’s Syria Strategy

Russian Airstrikes and What Comes Next

October 12, 2015

Snapshot October 12, 2015

All in Good FON

Why Freedom of Navigation Is Business as Usual in the South China Sea

Mira Rapp-Hooper