News Analysis
Crude Economics
Oil Stays Cheap over Doubts about Russia-OPEC Cooperation

Oil prices are down over 4 percent in trading today as analysts doubt proposed cooperation between Russia and OPEC.

Asia's Game of Thrones
Japan Moves Planes to Protect East China Sea

The move is just the latest salvo in Tokyo’s escalating confrontation with Beijing.

Commodities Crash
Central Asia Hits the Skids

Between restive Muslim minorities and Central Asia’s location on the periphery of Europe, the region poses both the threat of more terrorism and that of another major exodus of migrants to Europe.

2016
Five Takeaways From the Iowa Caucuses

In spite of everything that is wrong with the American presidential process, there is one thing that it does uniquely well, and that is probably a good thing for the country: It entertains us.

Persecution
China Christian Crackdown

The Chinese government has just arrested the pastor of China’s largest official Protestant church.

Higher Ed Shake Up
If You Major in STEM, It Doesn’t Matter Where You Go to College

Liberal arts major get a big boost from going to an elite college. STEM majors, not so much.

Crude Economics
Shale Buoys American Oil Output

The latest numbers show that shale producers are keeping America’s oil output up, even in a bearish market.

vicious virus
WHO Sounds the Alarm on Disorders Likely Connected to Zika

We’re seeing early signs of what the Zika virus could mean for Latin American economies.

Education Gets Smart
Surprise: Firing Bad Teachers Improves Student Performance, Study Says

The idea that all teachers should be teachers for life needs to be questioned more often.

Hutu-Tutsi Conflict
More Reports of Ethnic Conflict In Burundi

International NGOs have been reticent to raise the possibility of genocide, war crimes, or crimes against humanity. Why?

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