Europe's Missing Googles
French Raid Google’s Paris Offices

Meanwhile, EU announces raft of digital “reforms” rife with mandates & regulations. Hmm, we sense a pattern here…

Asia's Game of Thrones
Malaysian PM Calls for Military Collaboration with China

Najib’s comments undermine what had looked like Malaysia’s new more confrontational stance towards China.

Election Slogans
“There is No Money. Cheer Up!”

Russia’s PM speaks to disgruntled Crimean pensioners.

Education Innovation
Online Ed 2.0

An unorthodox French engineering academy is opening a campus in Silicon Valley.

The Honorable William F. Winter
State of the Union
In Defense of the Practical Politician

Why government by political outsiders doesn’t necessarily leave us better off.

The New European Politics
The Shoe on the Other Foot

Europe’s center-left has perfected the trick of making voters choose between them and right-wing populists. Spanish PM tries to flip playbook.

It's the ethnicity stupid...
Another Ineffectual Bid for Peace in Burundi

Journalists and international officials keep insisting that the conflicts is about politics, not ethnicity. But in Burundi, much of politics is ethnic.

Game of Thrones à la Modi
Outflanking Pakistan, Challenging China

This has the potential to become a strategic nightmare for Pakistan.

A World Without America
Asian Distrust of U.S. Undermines Obama’s Pivot

Governments are sensing that the United States might not be committed to policing world order as it has since the end of the World War Two.

Transatlantic Fracking
Britain Restarts Stalled Shale Ambitions

The UK just issued its first permit for exploratory shale drilling in five years.

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