Moscow submitted a new claim to some 463,000 square miles of the Arctic this week.

We should remember Robert Conquest for his brilliance, and for his unflinching pursuit of truth despite the opposition he encountered.

China says it’s done building islands in the Spratlys. But that’s not the end of the fight, it’s the beginning of the next step in China’s plan to secure effective control over most of the South China Sea.

For a country that still remembers the Taiping Rebellion, this sign of spontaneous grass roots protest, however peaceful, can’t be good news.

Watch or read WRM’s testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee today.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, speaking to representatives from Jewish Federations of North America, called the allegations of warmongering “outrageous”.

It’s socialism that wrecks countries and it has been wrecking them in mostly the same way for more than 100 years.

The Indian PM’s party, the BJP, is removing a contentious but hugely important clause out of its land reform bill, effectively admitting defeat on a top item of Modi’s economic reform agenda.

If premiums truly do skyrocket, that will be a political disaster for the Administration. If they increase only modestly, the Administration will make PR hay out of it. But in either case, the U.S. health care system will remain broken.

If you are smart, quick, tough and determined enough, this is still a land of opportunity.