News Analysis
Limping to Paris
What Poland’s Elections Mean for the Global Climate Treaty

Poland’s new government isn’t happy with the state of climate negotiations, and that should have negotiators readying for Paris very concerned.

After the Nuclear Negotiations
Up Next: Capitulation on Syria?

U.S. invites Iran to nuclear negotiations, makes noises about keeping Assad.

Europe Divided
Poland Elections Deliver Big Blow to Brussels

The defeat of the Civic Platform party signals tough times ahead for a European Union already struggling in turbulent times.

Asia's Game of Thrones
Indonesia Hopes To Join the TPP

TPP reinforces the idea that a U.S.-brokered world order is better for everyone concerned.

Blue Model Blues
The Disruption Proceeds

“Uber for truckers” is a classic case of blue model disruption.

Crude Economics
Beleaguered Saudis Consider Cutting Domestic Fuel Subsidies

Crunched by cheap oil prices, Saudi Arabia is mulling a cut to domestic fuel subsidies.

The European Immigration Crisis
Lithuania: We’d Welcome Migrants, But None Want to Come

Can open borders and immigrant quotas coexist?

Higher Education Watch
NYT Catching on to Higher Ed Bubble?

Loosening the flow of federal money is not the solution to the four-year college bubble any more than it is the solution to the law school bubble.

Cashing In
Varoufakis Charging $60,000 per Speech

Deposit to offshore bank account, please.

South China Sea
US Destroyer Sails into 12-Mile Zone

Beijing issued a stern warning.

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