News Analysis
E Pluribus Unum
The Growth of a European Politics

Why Podemos working with Syriza is a pro-EU sign.

Crude Economics
China Guzzles Oil

China is enjoying a buyer’s market, as it fills its strategic petroleum reserves at a record pace.

Boko Haram on the March
West Africa’s Refugee Problem

Boko Haram’s recent attacks in Baga and elsewhere have created 20,000 refugees in only two weeks. Those displaced will stretch the resources of Nigeria’s fragile neighbors who already face Boko Haram raids of their own.

Reforming Delivery
Trading Hospitals for Smartphones

Here’s one vivid picture of how smartphones could change how we do health care. The sooner, the better.

Fleeing the Purge
Wealthy Chinese Head for Greener Pastures

China’s super-rich are fleeing Xi Jinping’s purge by paying for pricey investors’ visas to the UK.

After Charlie Hebdo
Can Europe Find a Way to Discuss Integration?

After Hebdo and the PEGIDA marches, is there a leader who can plot a middle course?

Unchanging Egypt
Sisi’s Return to Business as Usual

Three court rulings mark a new, old tone.

Realpolitik
Putin and Pegida

Putin’s Russia and Germany’s Far Right are a match made in heaven. Just ask Marine Le Pen, who has been accepting Russian rubles to fund her campaign since November.

Bankrupt Healthcare
The Most Expensive Free Health Care in the World

New ACA rules will require nonprofit hospitals to offer more discounted care to lower-income Americans. This is marginal cost-shifting in a dysfunctional system.

Energy Insecurity
Green Protests Stymie Polish Shale

Add green protests to Poland’s list of problems killing its grand shale gas ambitions.

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