North Korea Fallout
Beijing’s High-Maintenance Best Friend

Allies as deranged as the Kim dynasty are a net negative.

Referenda for All
A Vote of Their Very Own

New poll shows many mainland EU countries want referenda, too.

Protecting Legacy
Obama’s Offshore Flip Flop

The Obama administration is backing down from its nascent Atlantic offshore drilling plan.

2016 And Beyond
Unraveling America the Great

The radical conservative challenge to the progressive foundations of Pax Americana.

Asia's Game of Thrones
Malaysia Prepares to Confront China

This rhetoric is more aggressive than we’d previously seen from Kuala Lumpur.

Egypt in trouble
Egypt Devalues Pound

Sisi appears to be listening to his technocrats. Good news, such as it is.

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Germany's Super Sunday
A Weakening Center

Both parties in Germany’s ruling coalition have failed to attend to the concerns of their base, and have thus allowed competitors to capture the allegiance of their traditional voters.

In the Crib
Teachers’ Union Attempts to Strangle Charters

This time, it’s by piling up expensive regulations that make it increasingly difficult to operate.

Fracking Better
Innovation Keeping Shale Alive

Sub-$40 crude ought to have killed the shale boom, but firms are finding new ways to frack better in the bearish market.

The New Economy
China’s Rust Belt Up In Arms

An ultimately necessary shift away from manufacturing has its human costs. Xi Jinping is walking a tightrope.

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