News Analysis
Asia's Game of Thrones
China Renews $600 Million Down Payment on Cambodia

Cambodia has straddled the line but resisted crossing into Chinese client status.

TAI Event
Are Plutocrats Drowning Our Republic?

If you are in Washington DC later this week, we’d like to invite you to an event we are organizing at the Hudson Institute

Ugly From Every Angle
UN Unhappy with Its (Former?) Green Paragon, Germany

The climate change envoy for the United Nations expressed disappointment in the poor green example Germany has been setting of late.

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The Russian President Backtracks
Putin Dumps Doping Scandal Officials, Unexpectedly

Vladimir Putin rarely acts under pressure, and is loath to discipline loyal underlings. Yet with the Russian doping subversion scandal blowing up, he has done both.

Erdogan's Endgame
The Purge: Coup Year

Erdogan is removing thousands of soldiers and judges from their posts. There are effectively no bounds on the Turkish president’s power.

Higher Education Watch
Bigger Subsidies, Higher Prices

Hillary Clinton’s college plan might not work exactly as advertised.

The Times They Are A Changin'
It’s the Middle East’s Turn to Buy American Hydrocarbons

Believe it or not, the U.S. is now selling LNG to the Middle East.

The Other I-P
Media Silenced in Kashmir as Violence Escalates

After a young militant commander was killed, clashes have left more than 40 dead and thousands wounded. Now the Indian government has unleashed a short-term media shutdown.

Military Dominance
F-35 Living Up to the Hype?

Combat exercises and air shows are wowing audiences. Maybe the fighter wasn’t such a boondoggle after all?

Smarter Drilling
Shale Technologies Could Set Off a New Boom in Old Fields

Horizontal well drilling could give old oil fields a welcome production boost, according to new analysis.

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