The world’s eyes are riveted on Syria this week, as the United States, France and perhaps a few others organize plans to punish a bloodstained government for its use of chemical weapons against its own people. It’s a story that has everything: the prospect of violence, the political agony of an embattled White House, David […]

India’s GDP growth for the April to June quarter was a dismal 4.4 percent, the government said today. It was the slowest rate of growth since 2009. “It was a weaker performance than most economists had been expecting,” the BBC reports, “and was a slowdown from the first three months of the year, when growth was […]

The Spanish economy has been taking a beating since the Euro crisis began. Unemployment rates in Spain are at record levels, with young people hit particularly hard. Young, out-of-work Spaniards are increasingly leaving home in search of greener pastures elsewhere. Other EU countries like Germany, France or Great Britain, as well as the United States, […]

It’s easy to get carried away with the new optimism over America’s energy future as it rides a wave of shale oil and gas production. We’re now imagining a world in which the US is a net oil exporter, which would have been unimaginable just ten years ago. Having more oil and gas isn’t just […]

It is often remarked, mainly by frustrated parents and disrespected teachers, that two wrongs do not make a right. But then what do they make? The scolds never tell us that. Well, judging from the skein of events, now more than two years old, that appear to be leading to a U.S.-led attack on Syria, […]

Ever since Obama called for “limited” strikes against Syria earlier this week, one question has trumped all others: What, exactly, is the purpose of this mission? To help answer that question, a new piece in the NYT sheds some light on the administration’s goals: The goal of the cruise missile strikes the United States is […]

A few days before India unveiled its first home-built aircraft carrier (and so far Asia’s only one), grainy images posted online appeared to show the unfinished hull of another Asia-made carrier at a shipyard in China. There has been no official confirmation that this is what the pictures actually show, but today a Chinese defense ministry […]

This past January, San Jose State University excitedly announced a partnership with the MOOC start-up Udacity, only to find itself wiping some egg off its face after the first semester of online offerings went poorly, with less than half of the students passing the end-of-semester exam. The university put the program on hold, and MOOC […]

The SEC is investigating JP Morgan for bribery over reports that the company has been giving jobs to the children of powerful officials in order to win business in China. A recent examination of the company’s “Sons and Daughters” program, which was designed to prevent nepotism, found that the program instead did the opposite, providing […]

This is a guest post by Adam Garfinkle, editor of The American Interest. It is cross-posted from his blog elsewhere on this site. Be sure to bookmark his page!It is often remarked, mainly by frustrated parents and disrespected teachers, that two wrong do not make a right. But then what do they make? The scolds never […]