News Analysis
A Sorry End to a Sorry Saga
The Death of Keystone

After years of dithering, President Obama is expected to kill Keystone today.

Asia's Game of Thrones
Vietnam Tests Relations with Japan

It appears that the tougher U.S. South China Sea policy is empowering other countries to stand up to Beijing.

Pipeline Politics
Canada to US: We Still Want Keystone

Our northern neighbor’s new Liberal government supports the controversial project, just as its Conservative predecessor did.

A Race to the Bottom
There’s a Price War Underway in Europe

Saudi Arabia is slashing oil prices in Europe in an attempt to eke out a share of a crowded market.

China's Soft Power
China Is Secretly Buying American Radio Stations

The West’s enemies are much better at propaganda than officials in Brussels and Washington often realize.

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The Real Reason the Left Opposes the Safe Campus Act

Watch the upcoming battle over the Safe Campus Act closely. It’s about more than reporting technicalities; it’s about an ongoing culture war that will resonate for a generation.

Enviro-Mental
Greens Push UK Power Grid to Brink of Collapse

Britain’s been busy closing coal plants in an attempt to go “green”, but a lack of replacements is threatening grid stability.

Crude Economics
We’re Just Months Away From Iran’s Flood of Oil

Iranian crude is set to douse an already oversupplied global market in 2016.

South China Sea
Malaysian DM Joins SecDef Carter in China Rebuke

Last week’s freedom of navigation exercises seem to be bearing fruit as Malaysia joins the U.S. in a public rebuke of China.

After Maidan
Ukraine’s Cabinet Reshuffle

Getting the kind of thoroughgoing reform that Ukraine needs would be a challenge in any democratic polity.

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