News Analysis
No Date Set for Russia-OPEC Talks

After speculation arose yesterday that Russia was ready to cut production with OPEC, there’s been pushback from both Russian sources and market analysts.

The Global China Bubble
China’s Slowdown Hits Germany

China’s slowdown is hurting not just commodities exporters, but also high-quality capital goods manufacturing powers like Germany.

Europe's Paper Militaries
NATO Spending Still Shrinking

Why let a few wars get in the way of savings?

unions versus the public
Blue Civil War in New York’s Jails

A legal appeal by the New York Correction Officers’ Benevolent Association highlights the ongoing clash between unionized public sector workers and the people they are supposed to serve.

Blue Model Pentagon
Fighting While Blind

Navy intel chief hasn’t been allowed to see classified info for 2 years.

the future of retirement
Schools Aren’t Preparing Students for a Post-Blue World

Blue model education systems were built on the assumption that most middle-class Americans didn’t have to be especially proactive about retirement planning. This is no longer the case.

Crude Economics
Russia Ready to Talk Oil Cuts with OPEC

Moscow is entertaining the thought of coordinating a five percent cut in oil production with OPEC to help erase the global glut.

North Korea Fallout
After Nuke Test, South Korea Warms to U.S. Missile Shield

Every since the most recent North Korean test, South Korea and Japan are hugging each other—and the United States—tighter.

detente?
Why Sudan Is Suddenly Playing Nice

From South Sudan to Israel, the al-Bashir regime is suddenly placating old enemies. Here’s why.

Inequality Today
Occupy Higher Ed?

A tiny number of superstar colleges are getting the lion’s share of endowment contributions, while ordinary colleges are getting squeezed tighter and tighter.

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