News Analysis
Higher Education Watch
The Regulatory Goose Chase Degrading America

American colleges are diverting more and more money away from serving students and instead using it to develop a massive D.C. lobbying force.

Indian Elections
Another Setback for Modi

In the campaign, Modi and his BJP party employed tactics aimed at exploiting caste and religious divisions. But that strategy doesn’t appear to be working.

America's Next Foreign Policy
Pivot to the World

Poor management of America’s foreign policy portfolio now means that President Obama—and his successor—will have to increase America’s overseas commitments and responsibilities.

schadenfreude
Germans Spied on Allies, NGOs

Germany’s bitter criticism of its allies for spying, particularly the United States, was pure hypocrisy, according to recent reports.

The Future
The Uberization of Finance

From democratizing loans to revolutionizing venture capital to making stock ownership more accessible to more people, a brave new world of finance appears to be emerging.

Too Little Too Late?
UN Rushes Climate Fund Projects Ahead of Paris Summit

The UN just doled out the first $168 million from its Global Climate Fund on eight projects that were pushed through an expedited review process.

The Middle East Peace Process
WH Admits Failure in Peace Process

Obama admits that there will be no peace agreement between Israel and Palestine before he leaves office.

Blue Model Blues
Of Death and Pensions

The authors of a new study say the shift to defined-contribution pensions may be to blame for white working class decline. But moving back to a blue model pension system is not the answer.

Higher Ed Shake Up
Obama Cracks Down on College Accreditors

Allowing private institutions (including companies and nonprofits) to credential individual courses would give students more flexibility to pick an educational path that suits their needs.

The European Immigration Crisis
EU Projects Three Million Refugees and Migrants by End of 2017

2016 would see inflow at 150% of current rate—and European politics would explode.

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