Iran has quietly positioned itself to turn a failed deal into a diplomatic and domestic political victory.

In case you missed it, go back and listen to our podcast from yesterday: great analysis from Gary Samore on the Iran talks and Elizabeth Economy on the U.S.-China breakthroughs at APEC.

American medicine needs innovations in medical technology if it is to become affordable and efficient. But a Washington Post profile of a new diagnostic tool shows just how resistant to those innovations the political and legal culture around American health care is.

Shinzo Abe is calling for an election after Japan fell back into recession. If “Abenomics” fails to restore Japan’s economy to some degree of health, it won’t just be bad news for Japan.

By protesting their soft-on-Putin President, the Czechs have made it clear that they have precisely no time for Russia apologetics.

The ACA is not a sustainable health care reform but it does benefit insurance companies immensely. Even the NYT is finally catching on.

The U.S. and China may have plans for reducing GHG emissions, but the world’s third biggest emitter is ready to double its coal consumption.

If President Obama takes steps on immigration reform that he himself has characterized as beyond his powers, the damage to public confidence in the system and the President will be immense and very hard to repair.

More evidence that Australia is going places: its landmark trade deal with China.

The question for NATO leaders is not only how to shore up the deterrence that remains, but how to restore the deterrence that has been lost.