Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller said Friday that Russia’s new gas deal with its eastern neighbor China will affect gas prices in Europe. The point may be obvious, but it bears repeating: Putin just shored up his position vis-a-vis the West with this $400 billion contract.

Kiev has de facto lost control over Crimea and parts of its east. The way forward is not to fight to get them back by force, however, but to win them back by demonstrating that a pro-EU orientation brings with it prosperity. The West must help make this a reality.

Here’s proof of the madness that is America’s biofuel policy in one graph. According to the EIA’s latest Annual Energy Outlook, our projected ethanol consumption will remain well, well below the levels required by the 2007 Renewable Fuel Standard.

Two start-ups have hatched plans to pair community college students with employers looking for in-demand skills, by providing companies with guarantees of students’ qualifications.

India’s Congress party endured a devastating defeat in the recent elections. Will they be able to make the changes necessary for an eventual comeback?

The GOP could become the “party of innovation,” writes Derek Khanna in the American Conservative. The first step is to revamp its approach to championing small businesses.

The grand plan to reform Newark’s schools has ended with a whimper. Throwing money at a dysfunctional system isn’t going to make things better.

Advice for college students overwhelmed by the prospect of managing their loans.

Adrian Wooldridge and John Micklethwait have written a compelling new book on rethinking the state. Its only weakness is its somewhat narrow understanding of freedom in terms of a kind of consumerist individualism.

Thailand’s coup could have a potentially seismic effect on Asia’s geopolitical order.