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Not Your Usual Avengers
Nigeria’s President Needs ‘The Art of the Deal’

As oil production plunges and pipelines explode left and right, Nigeria’s government finally decided to start negotiating. The trouble is, they’ve picked the wrong militant group to negotiate with.

Golden State Blues
The Fruits of Pension Politicization

In California, pensioners have taken a back seat to well-connected corporations and fashionable liberal political causes.

2016
Russia and the (Scoop) Jackson Democrats

Could it be that Putin’s threat to liberty and decency is bringing Americans together?

High Noon
The Siloviki Showdown

Why are the security services squabbling under Putin? If you haven’t been following our coverage, here’s a good way to catch up.

Caught in Kleptocracy
The Cost of Nepotism: J.P. Morgan to Pay $200 Million

A landmark settlement raises questions about whether there are similarly unsavory (and perhaps totally legal) hiring practices in America.

Trouble in Havana
The Real Reason for Obama’s Cuba Breakthrough

The whole point of the Castro brothers’ opening was to avoid change.

What a Mess
America’s Biofuel Boondoggle Rife with Fraud

We are shocked—shocked!—that a system of ill-thought out mandates has produced such brazen chicanery.

China's New Chapter
Consumption Growth Warning Sign Flashes in China

Beijing’s efforts to keep manufacturing competitive and support consumption have been working at cross purposes to each other.

narrative control
Weaponized Fact-Checking on Trump and Crime

The wrong way to answer a demagogue.

Israel's African Allies
PA Scrambles to Keep Up with Israel in Africa

Bibi is playing chess and Abbas is playing checkers: bold moves are securing new partners for Israel in Africa, even as the Palestinians try to counter them.

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