The American withdrawal from Afghanistan has precipitated another migrant crisis for Europe, and centrist parties there are adopting policies previously considered the preserve of the radical right. In Unherd, Aris Roussinos takes the pulse of the new political mood, which includes hardened borders and expedited returns to countries of origin.

Toppling a Communist Empire for $2.7 Million
Though widely thought of as focused on waterboarding terrorists or poisoning foreign potentates, it was by smuggling paper that the CIA achieved its most monumental triumph. R.M. Gerecht in a book review for The Washington Free Beacon charts how the late Cold War-era operation to flood Poland with Western books, magazines, printing supplies and audio recordings fatally weakened the country’s Communist dictatorship, setting the stage for the downfall of the entire Soviet empire. Total cost: US$2.7 million.


