News Analysis
Asia's Game of Thrones
Who is Rodrigo Duterte?

Duterte has been called a Filipino Donald Trump. But that undersells him.

Onward Christian Soldiers
The Pastor Who Would Bring Down a President

Robert Mugabe’s biggest problem isn’t inflation, debt, or foreign intervention—it’s a Pentecostal pastor with a different vision for Zimbabwe’s future.

Feeding the Future
GMOs Can Be Green Champions

Modern agriculture is lowering global biodiversity. GMOs can help fix that.

The China Bubble
China Is Building More Houses Than It Has People

China is planning and building enough new housing for a population that is 2.5 times the size of the one they already have.

Frack for the People
When You Gas Up for Cheap This Summer, Thank Shale

Hundreds of millions of Americans will be saving big at the pump this summer, thanks to fracking.

Un-coup-th
Turkish Coup Live Blog [CLOSED]

From Friday evening into early Saturday morning, WRM and staff shared their thoughts and provided context as news was breaking.

Europe Divided
EU Split on South China Sea

It isn’t just the dithering of the United States that emboldens Beijing—Europe’s lack of resolve matters too.

Brexit and Beyond
Obama Bluffs Again

The President’s threat to put the UK “at the back of the queue” for future trade deals rings hollow. Are red lines red anymore?

China Up China Down
Growth Report Shows Xi Flinching on Reform

So far, every time a clear choice has come between suffering the pain of reform and flinching, Beijing has flinched.

To Frack or Not to Frack
What Brexit Means for British Shale Ambitions

Can Theresa May do what David Cameron couldn’t, and kickstart UK shale production?

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