The research budgets of the world’s oil majors have been gutted as a result of sustained bargain crude prices.

This is a test. I have been asking Director Comey & others, from the beginning of my administration, to find the LEAKERS in the intelligence community…..— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 16, 2017this is a pullquote

But it’s getting harder and harder to deny that the uptick is real, persistent, and deadly.

The wild Russian 90s are back, replete with murders, racketeering, and criminal-fueled chaos.

All indications are that China believes 2016 is a critical year for the South China Sea.

Amount dwarfs cost of involvement in Syria—and helps only a fraction of Syrians.

Fighting in Nigeria is causing major supply disruptions and rebalancing the global oil market.

He also ordered authorities to seize factories and jail their owners, blaming the bourgeoisie for the country’s economic paralysis.

MANPADS were used by Kurdish fighters to shoot down a Turkish helicopter in a serious escalation of the broader Syrian civil war. The Kremlin has plausible deniability on its side, but it could well have provided the rockets itself.

Russia talks a big game on the world stage. But at home, Putin’s kleptocratic system is stifling the great leader’s ambitions.