News Analysis
Shale 2.0
Bottlenecks Are Holding Back a Second Shale Boom

The industry is hurting from equipment and personnel shortages.

Temple Mount Crisis
A Metal Detector Intifada Avoided?

Israel removes metal detectors from the Temple Mount in an effort to de-escalate the crisis.

Kleptocracy Watch
UN Corruption Trial Underway

International and global governance organizations are prime targets for kleptocracy and graft.

Power Politics
Trump Bends to Congress on Russia Sanctions

The last remaining opponent to additional Russia sanctions: Europe.

Crude Economics
Russia is Unhappy With OPEC’s Weak Oil Cuts

Moscow wants Libya and Nigeria to share the burden.

It Begins
Macron’s Summer of Discontent is Here

Will his parliamentary majority, made up of neophyte legislators, stand by him?

Duda Blinks
Polish President Vetoes Judicial Reforms

Is this a tactical feint, or a principled objection to the laws passed by the legislature?

Fault Lines
Cypriot Unification Slides Toward Stagnation

The situation in Cyprus has lately tracked closely with Turkey’s attitude to the West. As relations deteriorate, watch things get uglier.

right-wing PC
Anti-BDS Bill Misses the Mark

As a minority, and a minority that historically has often been unpopular, Jews have a structural interest in the protection of minority rights.

Petrostates in Peril
Cheap Crude Is Hell for Oil’s Old Guard

Economic growth is predictably sluggish for petrostates.

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