News Analysis
Age of Abe
Militarization Can Help Japan Build Its Own Silicon Valley

Japan is using a revived military research and development program to turbocharge its high tech sector as it seeks a new era of economic dynamism.

Crude Economics
Shale Producers Cinch Belts Tighter

Some of America’s biggest shale firms are cutting spending, but production isn’t falling off a cliff as many feared it might.

the crackdown in china
China’s Corruption Crackdown Goes Global

Increasingly, Xi’s campaigns aren’t confined to Chinese citizens, or by China’s borders.

campus culture wars
Reports of Anti-Semitism at Oberlin

Resurgent anti-Semitism is too important a problem to be ignored and suppressed; it must be confronted, exposed, and repudiated—but with argument, not with formal speech prohibitions.

vicious virus
Zika Virus a Crisis for the Caribbean

Virus that may cause birth defects may hit tourism at the worst time—and increase immigration to the U.S.

Uh Oh EVs
How a Green Cause Is Worsening China’s Smog Problem

Electric cars are making China’s deadly smog worse, according to new research.

China's Bubble
China’s Shady Statistics

The arrest underscores the breadth of President Xi’s corruption crackdown, but it also comes amidst debates about the validity of China’s official statistics.

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2016 And Beyond
There Is No Trumpism. There Is Only Donald Trump.

At the end of the day, Trump’s appeal may be more visceral than substantive.

Elections 2016
Kurds to Hold Independence Referendum

Possible scramble to get referendum done before next POTUS elected.

Petrostates in Peril
Russia’s Lukoil Wants to Work with OPEC

But it’s hard to see Putin coming to some sort of agreement with OPEC when the cartel’s own members can’t trust one another enough to make any cuts of their own.

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