News Analysis
After the Nuke Deal
Behold the Mighty Power of U.N. Resolutions

General Soleimani is back in Moscow despite travel ban.

unions versus the public
Kids Lose, Unions Win in California Court

California’s powerful teachers unions have successfully fended off a legal effort to improve education for vulnerable students.

housing matters
Soaring Rents Are a Policy Choice

Getting rents under control should be a major priority for any reform-minded politician—left or right—who wants to prioritize fairness, growth, and political stability.

Turkey and the Refugee Deal
If You Give an Erdogan an Indictment…

The Turkish President gets prosecution of comic he requested; will likely want more.

The Hermit Kingdom
The Importance of Teaching Norks About The Outside World

North Koreans are the most lied to people on earth. Imagine what would happen if someone told them the truth.

The Big Freeze
Oil’s Price Collapse Is Quickly Draining Petrostate Coffers

Cheap oil has cost the 18 petrostates convening in Doha this Sunday $315 billion, according to Bloomberg research.

Hutu-Tutsi Conflict
Burundi Violence Flows into Rwanda

Alas, for the victims of the violence and for the stability of Africa, a certain political correctness seems to have descended at least on parts of the continent.

Blue Model Blues
Student Loan Excesses Harm the Most Vulnerable

Well-intentioned but harebrained social engineering is a menace to the poor.

Ukraine's Future
A Steep Climb Ahead

Former Finance Minister Natalie Jaresko’s icy assessment of the incoming Ukrainian government underlines the challenges ahead.

The Big Freeze
OPEC Can’t Rebalance the Oil Market, but Shale Might

The International Energy Agency is skeptical of the petrostate plan to freeze output, but expects falling U.S. shale production to erase a global glut.

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