News Analysis
The Future of Security
Obama Preparing China Sanctions over Cyber Theft

New measures are poised to target intellectual property theft in China even as at least one U.S. clandestine network has been rolled up due to Chinese and Russian efforts.

Polar Shares
Are We Ready for a Less Icy Arctic?

Oil, gas, and shipping lanes are all vital strategic interests ready to be claimed in a less icy Arctic, but the U.S. seems to be unprepared for the contest.

crisis in china
Facts Rain on Xi’s Parade

Xi’s many enemies are looking for ways to use China’s economic and political problems to mobilize opposition to his power grab—and his economic reforms.

A Field Day for Oil
Egypt Finds an Offshore “Supergiant”

Egypt’s huge offshore gas discovery isn’t just good news for Cairo. It’s also a stabilizing force for the region.

Brave New Digital World
D.C. Court Allows NSA Metadata Collection

When it comes to safety and privacy in the internet age, the old U.S. system of balancing civil liberties, government power, and the safety of the community seems to be working even now.

Dolce Far Niente
Defying the EU the Italian Way

Greece may have just hit upon a trick that Italy has been pulling on the EU for years: the country agrees to reforms and looks superficially busy implementing them—and all the while the bureaucracy does its best to de-fang every effort.

Falling BRICS
Unease in Brazil as Recession Bites

Brazil has officially entered a recession, and its people are nervous about the currency. With China’s troubles perhaps just beginning, the future is not looking too bright.

Policing the Police
Cops and the Cult of Accountability

Our best hope is to hire high-quality professionals who self-monitor and perform complicated tasks out of professional pride.

gender wars
The Sources of Hookup Culture

The transition to a post-industrial economy has generally been kinder to women than men from an economic perspective. However, this female-friendly economic landscape also seems to have contributed to a no-strings-attached sexual landscape that is, on the whole, more suited to male than to female preferences.

Bonfire of the sanities
Russia’s Beer Nativism

Russian nationalists are destroying foreign foodstuffs to express their patriotism, in a move with some uncomfortable historical precedents which demonstrates the growing chasm between Russia and the West.

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