News Analysis
Better Late Than Never
Trump Launches First FONOP in South China Sea

More, please.

markets
Who Owns Stocks?

The share of people who benefit from the stock market should be widening, not contracting.

Market Failure
Europe’s Decrepit Carbon Market Gets a Grim Prognosis

The EU’s ailing Emissions Trading System is looking more useless than ever before.

Settled Science
New Study Suggests We’re Overestimating Coal’s Planet-Wrecking Power

Our worst-case climate scenarios are relying on outdated, incorrect coal data.

Risky Business
Moody’s Cuts China Down To Size

The Long March toward a Chinese meltdown continues.

Make NATO Great Again
Pew: NATO Approval on the Rise

Is this the Trump effect?

Terror in the Philippines
Duterte Declares Martial Law In Mindanao

The Philippine president cut short his Russia trip to deal with a terrorist outbreak at home.

The Nork's Nukes
Pyongyang Revs Up Missile Work

As North Korea’s missile progress proceeds apace, the U.S. is coming ever closer to a binary choice: war with North Korea or acceptance of its deterrent.

cost cost cost
Single-Payer Is Less Appealing When it Comes With a Price Tag

A state-run insurance system would cost more than California spends on all other public services—education, police, pensions, and more—combined.

Energy Innovation
Moving Towards the Battery Breakthrough

How close are renewables to a shale-like boom?

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