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Why Hillary Clinton’s speech bashing her opponent may have felt great to deliver but didn’t go far enough.

Vladimir Putin Doesn’t Actually Care About Saving Leopards

A high-profile, Putin-backed campaign to protect the habitat of Persian leopards has been quietly abandoned, clearing the way for the country’s richest man to expand his ski resort.

Alec LuhnAlec Luhn is a Moscow-based journalist who has written for the Guardian, Politico, Slate, The Nation, the Independent, Vice News, and other publications.

Dispatch

China’s Millennials Think Tiananmen Was So 1989

Leery of anything political, young Chinese elites are helping the government banish the student massacre from memory.

Tea Leaf Nation ContributorDue to the possibility of Chinese government retaliation for speaking out about Tiananmen, this author has chosen to remain anonymous.

Tea Leaf Nation

The Cable

Libya Is Obama’s Biggest Regret — And Hillary’s Biggest Threat

Obama acknowledges the U.S.-led intervention in Libya left “a mess,” as his former secretary of state faces the clean up.

Dispatch

Corruption and Legacy in Lima

As voters in Peru head to the polls, the country might elect a controversial candidate — Keiko Fujimori. But has she convinced the electorate that she’s shed the shady past of her father’s presidency?

Tea Leaf Nation

China, Explained

A new Chinese media start-up hopes to appeal to U.S. readers. But Beijing's censorship may get in its way.

Argument

There Is an International Disease Which Is Hillary Clinton

Now it’s the democratic front-runner’s turn to face the wrath — and drink in the wisdom — of America’s 37th president.

The Cable

Top Republican Calls for Investigation Into Deleted State Dept. Video

A powerful Republican lawmaker wants the State Department’s inspector general to launch a formal investigation into why the recording of a three-year-old press conference about the Iran nuclear talks was deliberately doctored -- and to find out who gave the order to do so.

Podcasts

The E.R.

The United States of Politically Crazy

Who’s the Worst Presidential Candidate in U.S. History?
Global Thinkers

The Green Movement and its Inconvenient Truths

2015 Global Thinker Marjan Minnesma and Gasland director Josh Fox debate the best—and perhaps only—way to spurn action on climate change: Terrify people.
The E.R.

The Case for Electing a President Who Knows How to Fail

Does Hillary Clinton’s experience making — and surmounting — mistakes strengthen her POTUS potential?
The E.R.

The Washington Insider Who Believes He’s an Outsider

What the profile of Ben Rhodes tells us about ego and politics inside the Obama administration.
The E.R.

Examining Sy-raq

For this week’s discussion on Syria and Iraq, The E.R. team asks "Is the worst yet to come?"
The E.R.

Should Britain Stay, or Should It Go?

With the U.K. on the verge of saying “piss off” to Brussels, the great European democratic project hangs in the balance.
The Backstory

An Abandoned Daughter Returns to China

Editors Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian and David Wertime talk to Jenna Cook about how the quest to find her birth mother captivated China — and why she finally decided to write her…
Global Thinkers

How to Build a Media Industry from Scratch

From telenovelas to Sesame Street, 2013 Global Thinkers Noura al Kaabi and Saad Mohseni debate the importance of cultural imports in a localized entertainment industry.