News Analysis
South China Sea
Malaysia Stands Up to Chinese Aggression

Kuala Lumpur is getting more proactive about responding to China’s behavior in the South China Sea.

Creating a Cartel
Will We See a Natural Gas Version of OPEC?

Natural gas producers are unhappy with today’s low prices, and some are floating the idea of coordinated production in response.

The European Immigration Crisis
Merkel: Refugees Must Reject Anti-Semitism

Does she realize just how big an ask this is—or how big its implications are?

Afghanistan in Peril
Taliban Resurgent in Helmand Province

The provincial capital of Lashkar Gah is reportedly in a state of panic as outlying towns and hamlets fall one-by-one to the Taliban.

Reeling and Dealing
India Decries the West’s “Carbon Imperialism”

Kerry called India the biggest challenge to Paris climate talks. New Delhi replied that this “smacks of carbon imperialism.”

campus culture wars
On Sexual Assault, Is Presumption of Guilt Going Mainstream?

At a campaign event, Hillary Clinton appeared to endorse campus rape tribunals’ practice of abandoning the presumption of innocence.

Oh the RINsanity!
New Biofuel Quotas Already Raising Costs

New EPA biofuel mandates are already raising costs for refiners—and you can be sure US drivers will end up paying.

Gender Matters
Working Class Boys Struggling Across the Anglosphere

The popular framing of the relationship between gender and educational advantage in the West is no longer useful or accurate.

Higher Education Watch
Another Way the Ivy League Perpetuates Inequality

A study says elite schools give top employers preferential access to their students.

Russia Sanctions
EU Appears Set to Extend Russian Sanctions

Vladimir Putin remains unbowed, warning that Russia must prepare itself for longer sanctions and sustained low commodity prices.

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