News Analysis
Pricing Carbon
Can Europe Reform its Carbon Market?

The system needs a fix, but national politics could get in the way.

Canada's Magnitsky Act
The Russia Lobby Flops in Canada

In Canada, Moscow’s influence campaigns aren’t all they’re cracked up to be.

Cabinet Chaos
Seeing the Administration Half Empty

The President can deny reports of internecine staff squabbles all he wants, but the policy and personnel consequences are real.

Strange Bedfellows
Japan Wants a Piece of China’s Belt and Road

As major Japanese firms try to tap into Xi Jinping’s infrastructure agenda, Shinzo Abe is sending some friendly signals to Beijing.

Stumbling Shale
Fracking Fails in Scotland

The country extended a moratorium on shale drilling “indefinitely.”

Asia's Game of Thrones
Trump Tightens Thai Ties

Despite criticism from the human rights crowd, Trump’s outreach to the Thais is a welcome course correction to the Obama policy.

Pricing Reliability
Rick Perry Wants to Subsidize Coal and Nuclear

This just became the biggest energy story in the United States.

One Palestine—Complete
Hamas and Fatah Closer to Reconciliation?

After years of false starts, the Palestinians’ two main political factions appear to be making serious moves toward a unity deal.

Spain's Secessionists
A Pyrrhic Victory in Catalonia

There are no real winners from Sunday’s referendum—and no clear path forward for the separatists.

The Greater Kurdistan Delusion
Tillerson: The United States Does Not Recognize the Kurdish Referendum

As Iraqi Kurdistan’s neighbors tighten the noose, the Administration signals a clear-eyed understanding of the dangers that follow the Kurdish independence vote.

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