News Analysis
East Asian Energy
Beijing Nixes a Bevy of New Coal Plants

Why China just canceled more than 100 planned coal plants:

To Russia With Love
Moldovan President Threatens To Scrap EU Agreement

Standing beside Putin in Moscow, Moldova’s newly elected president rebuked the EU and gave fresh proof of his intention to pivot toward Russia.

TAI elsewhere
Josef Joffe on Trump’s Foreign Policy

Our own Josef Joffe takes stock of the President-elect’s recent interviews and the likely implications of Trumpist policy on Europe and the world.

sex on campus
DeVos Opens Door to Title IX Rethink

How the Trump administration could shake up the campus sex wars.

France 2017
Marine Le Pen’s Frexit Pitch

Le Pen’s description of the Euro as a “knife in the ribs” forcing countries to go where their people don’t want to go is sadly accurate.

Petropredictions
Saudi Arabia Underestimates US Shale

…potentially at its own peril.

Rebuilding America
Trump’s Infrastructure Plan Faces PR Hurdle

If the GOP can strike the right balance, Americans will be surprised by how well public-private partnerships can work.

Southeast Asia's Game of Thrones
Cambodia Scuttles U.S. Military Drill

Another week, another loss for the pivot that Obama and his acolytes once hailed as the cornerstone of his foreign policy strategy.

Putin's Retirement Plan?
Rosneft’s So-Called Privatization Gets Murkier

The sanctioned Russian bank VTB, a Kremlin favorite, had a critical role to play in the sale of a government oil company stake last month. Cui bono?

the grass is always greener
Obamacare Popularity Creeps Back Up

The GOP has spent altogether too much energy raging against the Affordable Care Act and altogether too little developing and building support for alternatives.

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