News Analysis
Pipeline Politics
Reverse Flows Shore Up Ukrainian Gas Supplies

EU efforts to build out reverse flow pipelines to combat Putin’s divide-and-conquer strategies are bearing fruit.

Fracas in Caracas
Venezuela Channels the USSR

Waiting in line is now a paying job. And Maduro is keeping the country’s three exchange rates in place.

Listen Up OPEC
Don’t Bet Against American Innovation

American shale operators are finding new ways to profitably drill, even in today’s bear market.

Hosing Down the Data
For Chinese Smog, Truth Is Stranger Than Fiction

Smog drives the plot in a recent Chinese novel, while one city’s officials get creative in an attempt to fudge air quality numbers.

Trouble Down South
Contractors Defraud Pemex for Billions of Dollars

A new Reuters report suggests that a number of contractors have bilked Pemex in recent years, and have escaped prosecution.

ACA Agonistes
It’s What We Don’t Know About Obamacare that Could Cost Us

One of the few things we know for sure about Obamacare is that decisions made over the next two years will play a huge role in determining how the law affects ordinary Americans.

China's Resurgent Maoism
Xi Cracks Down on China’s Unions

Xi is cracking down on China’s independent unions, another sign that he’s battening down the hatches.

ISIS' Foreign Fighters
Elite French Soldiers Join ISIS’s Ranks

About ten French former soldiers, including some from elite units, have joined the jihadis.

Tech and the State
Millennials Are Fans of the NSA

The NSA is more popular with Americans under 30 than with those over 65. That’s an inconvenient fact for civil libertarian reformers.

Game of Thrones
China Building a Base Near the Senkakus

Japan and China are still building up their strategic military capabilities near the disputed islands, despite the recent talk of easing tensions.

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