News Analysis
Crude Economics
OPEC Cuts Not Expected to Change Much

The EIA doesn’t see crude prices rising significantly next year.

ACA Agonistes
Healthcare Priority for the New Government: Cost, Cost, Cost

More Americans than name affordability as the most important problem with America’s healthcare system than at any other time in the last decade.

Asia's Game of Thrones
China Adds Another Pearl to Its Growing String

China’s drive to control its connections with the rest of the world continues in Sri Lanka.

Follow the Money
German Investors Return to Russia

A troubled European business climate has German money looking for a new home in Russia.

New Economy
The Big American Question

Just a few weeks ago, the press was hailing the glories of the Obama economic recovery; now that the election is over, a darker picture is beginning to emerge.

Frack Baby Frack
Population Density Is America’s Shale Success Secret

People generally don’t live near shale formations in the United States.

Liberal Disorder
The ICC’s Credibility Crisis Laid Bare

Six years after charging Sudan’s president with genocide, the ICC still has no leverage in securing his arrest.

Asian Geopolitics
Vietnam Continues Buildup in South China Sea

Is this a bid for attention from the incoming Trump Administration?

windy city blues
Desperate Chicago School System Looks to Shield Debt from Potential Bankruptcy

The latest effort to market its debt reflects a new level of desperation on the part of the district.

the first branch
Can Congress Rebuild Itself During the Trump Presidency?

Congress was intended to be the center of political life in the United States, but over successive administrations it has seen its power and influence curtailed.

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