News Analysis
Asia's Game of Thrones
India Offers Missiles to Vietnam

India is continuing to place big bets on Vietnam as both countries confront an increasingly aggressive China.

Crime and Punishment
Another Double-Digit Homicide Spike

It’s time for this issue to be taken seriously as a failure of governance.

Pipeline Politics
LNG Isn’t Freeing Europe from Gazprom Yet

But U.S. shale gas could start heading Europe’s way in volume later this year.

eye on California
Blue Reform at its Limit

Despite his successful belt-tightening in other areas, Jerry Brown hasn’t been able to do much to restrain the growth of the state’s most ominous budgetary hole.

Asia's Game of Thrones
Moscow and Manila’s Military Flirtation

With their latest courtship, Manila and Moscow are sending two unwelcome messages to Washington

World Order
Trump’s Plan For World Order

Here comes the biggest boost to American seapower since the Cold War.

Iran Unbowed
Iranian Lawmakers Approve Military Spending Spree

Iran is boosting its military spending and missile program. That program could pose an early test for the Trump Administration’s credibility.

"Amateurish"
Russia Cries Foul on IC Election Tampering Report

The Kremlin stokes journalists’ anxieties about the use of top secret intelligence assessments for the advancement of a foreign policy agenda.

Blue Model Blues
Red States Take the Lead in Quest for Pension Stability

Some proactive measures to increase revenues are being taken by state administrations Democrats claim are hostile to workers.

Game of Thrones
South Korean Pol Wants to Pivot Away from US

As most people fret about how the European Union is being torn to shreds, more ominous developments are taking shape in a far more combustible part of the world.

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