News Analysis
Mafia State Watch
Putin’s Panama Papers Problem

The Russian President is said to be very unhappy with how an influential, privately-owned Russian business media outlet is covering the story. A crackdown is underway.

red dawn flickers
More Fiscal Headwinds in the Sunflower State

The doctrinaire right-wing governance of Kansas has, by virtually all measures, yielded disappointing results.

Asia's Game of Thrones
The Philippines’ New President

The “Filipino Donald Trump” is promising to take a different tack with Beijing.

Crude Economics
Saudi Arabia Is Abandoning OPEC

Rosneft CEO Igor Sechin says that OPEC “has practically stopped existing as a united organization.” He’s not wrong.

Fear the Eclipse
Elon Musk’s SolarCity Sees Stocks Stumble

SolarCity is the latest casualty of slowing growth in the fledgling solar power industry.

Blue Bust abroad
French Socialists Aren’t Feeling the Bern

The decline of the blue social model has forced many European countries to abandon some of the more statist features of their economic agendas.

Defending Freedom at Sea
U.S. Conducts Third FONOP in the South China Sea

The last two freedom of navigation operations did not slow down Beijing noticeably. Will this one?

If you give an Erdogan an Indictment
He’s Going to Want an Injunction to Go With That

Erdogan sues German media mogul, his lawyer comparing the internet’s support for prosecuted German comic to “gang rape”.

Terror and Religion
ISIS Issues Imam Hit List

Terror group’s magazine names targets in US, UK, Australia, and Canada who have preached against it.

China's Bubble
Expectations For China’s Economy Falling Back to Earth

China’s willing to artificially stimulate the economy isn’t new, but its efforts have been more aggressive than people realized.

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