News Analysis
The Emerging European Politics
As Goes Syriza, So Goes Podemos

As pan-Mediterranean leftist ties deepen, the parties may fall as well as rise together.

Sub Club
India Wants to Build Japanese Submarines

India wants Japan to throw its hat in the ring for a big new submarine deal.

Blue Meltdown
Detroit Seizes Homes to Fund Corruption

Detroit is foreclosing on homes whose owners failed to pay property taxes. This is the ugly state of the Great Society in many cities today: corruption and dysfunction funded by injustice.

Middle East Aflame
The Price of America’s Abdication

As Sunnis and Shiites massacred each other in two prominent American-allied nations, the cost of our lack of leadership grows.

Achilles' Heel
Money Walks, Politicians Talk

The Greeks have put Syriza in Athens, but they’re also putting their money in German banks.

Xi's All That
China Battening Down the Cyber Hatches

China is cracking down on Google, Microsoft, and VPNs, the services people can use in China to penetrate the Great Firewall.

Gazproblems
Gazprom’s Pain Is Only Just Beginning

2014 was a bad year for Gazprom, but 2015 could be worse.

US-Cuba Rapprochement
Castros: Give Us Gitmo or No Normalization

It’s not in Havana’s interest for the negotiations to move too quickly.

Pipeline Politics
Keystone Passes Senate, Still Stuck in Limbo

The Senate passed Keystone today, but failed to muster the 67 votes needed to override the promised presidential veto.

Reforming Delivery
Looking Beneath the Coverage

The ACA has reached its coverage goal for the year, but the fixation on “getting people covered” misses many on-the -ground health care realities.

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