News Analysis
Syria Endgame?
Rebel Victories Put Assad on Back Foot

Rebels strike a pair of substantive blows against the Assad regime.

Ukraine Crisis
EU Squeezes a Rotten Fruit

As the fight heats up in eastern Ukraine, the EU is putting pressure on Kyiv to live up to its Minsk commitments. Instead, Brussels ought to be thinking of ways to help Ukraine’s reform along.

Indian Agricultural Development
Modi’s Big Farm Fight

Modi’s proposed bill to allow industrial agriculture to buy rural land more easily has sparked riots.

Enviro-Mental
Brussels’ Halting GMO Progress

The EU approved new GM crops, but it’s been one step forwards and two steps back on this important technology this week.

OPEC Beware
The American Fracklog Is Huge—And Growing

U.S. shale producers are amassing a fracklog of oil while they wait for higher prices. That’s not good news for OPEC.

Transport of Tomorrow
The Uber of Buses Comes to DC

A innovative new bus service is making its way to DC. Technology is changing our commute for the better—and our lives more broadly.

Hail Shale
America the Energy Exporter

Shale supplies are boosting U.S. petroleum product exports while reducing our crude imports. Frack, baby, frack!

China's Robot Army
Taking the Man Out of Manufacturing

Mexico is gaining on China in auto manufacturing due to its lower labor costs. Will China reverse its fortunes with robots?

The Costs of Green Dreams
Germany’s Nuclear Drawdown Costs Skyrocket

The environmental and economic costs of Germany’s decision to shut down its nuclear reactors are growing.

Wealth of nations
Modi Wants to Put Hindu Gold to Work

India’s Hindu temples have huge stores of gold sitting idle outside the banking system. Modi wants to change that, and it’s rankling important parts of his Hindu base. This is the Modi paradox: religious nationalism and liberal economic reform, and the tension between them.

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