Blue Model Blues
Firefighters’ Union Sustains Loss in San Bernardino Bankruptcy Battle

San Bernardino will be allowed to cut benefits for its firefighters as it attempts to get out of bankruptcy.

The Fracas in Caracas
Venezuela Teetering on the Brink of Default

Despite Venezuela’s vast resources, Chavismo continues to ravage the country’s economy.

Blue Model Blues
Childless Cities, Fertile Cities

The numbers suggest that as millennials enter their 30s they’re more likely to settle down in cities like Raleigh than in New York. Maybe, just maybe, policy makers and city planners should consider making their cities more child-friendly?

Sino-Japanese Relations
Chinese See War With Japan as Inevitable

Relations between the two countries are at an all-time low, with a majority of poll respondents from each nation thinking poorly of the other, and more than half Chinese respondents expecting war.

Winter Is Coming
What Europe Can Do for Gas-Strapped Ukraine

With Russia no longer supplying it with natural gas, Ukraine is now relying on its other European neighbors to reverse their own gas flows and help make up the massive energy shortfall. This winter looks to be a cold one for Europe.

Middle East Muddle
Turkey Refuses to Let US Use Its Air Bases for Attack on ISIS

America’s one NATO ally in the Middle East refuses military cooperation against ISIS.

Prising China
Most Major Chinese Mining and Energy Investments Fail

A majority of Chinese foreign resource investments end up folding, losing money, or failing to yield as much raw material as expected. If China can’t turn things around, it will be a sign that Xi is right to be battening down the hatches.

A Tale of Two Turkeys
Turkish People’s Support for NATO, EU Grows

A new poll shows that Turkey’s people are warming up to the West again, though now-President Erdogan is unlikely to renounce his neo-Ottoman ideology.

The Disunited Kingdom
A Royal Mess

The ineptitude of Britain’s politicians have them scrambling to stop Scottish independence with only a week to go. But Britain’s inability to handle Scotland should raise flags in Brussels and Washington as well.

The Syrian Front
ISIS Digs in Before Airstrikes

ISIS is taking advantage of President Obama’s announcement that the campaign in Syria will be undertaken from the air.

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