News Analysis
Global Gas
Europe Eyes LNG as Gazprom Alternative

Croatia received a number of bids this week for an LNG import terminal that would help it diversify away from Russian gas supplies.

Pension Meltdown
Labor Board Scraps Pension Reform in San Diego

Pension reform is a daunting task—and may turn out to be an impossible one if courts and administrative agencies keep blocking progress at every turn.

campus culture wars
American Academics Have Moved to the Left

A chart from Heterodox Academy shows a sharp rise in the number of self-identified liberal professors, at the expense of conservatives and moderates.

Hail Shale
America’s Smallest Oil Producers Aren’t Backing Down

U.S. stripper well operators aren’t backing down from a fight with OPEC.

South China Sea
China Lands Plane on Reclaimed Reef

Contested Chinese moves in the South China Sea were a big story in 2015 and 2016 looks likely to bring more of the same.

China's Bubble
Following China’s Lead, Markets Slide to Begin 2016

Shenzhen suffered its biggest loss in nine years.

The Future of the EU
A Deal Worth Considering

Poland offers to swap a migrant concession for “allied military presence” in its territory.

The Sunni-Shi'a War
Iranians Storm Saudi Embassy in Tehran

The attacks are a response to Saudi Arabia’s execution of a Shi’a cleric.

Brazil In Trouble
Brazilian Deficit Balloons

A spurt of populist economic measures in the present circumstances could inflict heavier economic damage than expected.

India-Pakistan
Indo-Pak Peace Hopes First Casualty of 2016

An attack on an Indian air force base was aimed at scotching any prospect that Indo-Pakistani relations would actually improve.

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