Asia's Game of Thrones
China Says It’s Done Building Islands

China says it’s done building islands in the Spratlys. But that’s not the end of the fight, it’s the beginning of the next step in China’s plan to secure effective control over most of the South China Sea.

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Chinese Christians Fight Back

For a country that still remembers the Taiping Rebellion, this sign of spontaneous grass roots protest, however peaceful, can’t be good news.

What's the Deal?
Walter Russell Mead’s Senate Testimony on Iran

Watch or read WRM’s testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee today.

The Sales Pitch
Obama: Iran Deal Foes Were Iraq War Supporters

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, speaking to representatives from Jewish Federations of North America, called the allegations of warmongering “outrageous”.

The Wages of Socialism
Health Care Hell in Venezuela

It’s socialism that wrecks countries and it has been wrecking them in mostly the same way for more than 100 years.

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After the Arab Spring
Moroccan “Exceptionalism” Deserves Support

Morocco stands out as an oasis of stability amidst a region in turmoil—thanks both to the circumstances of history and to prudent leadership.

Modimentum
Not Even Modi Is Still Pulling for Modi’s Key Reform

The Indian PM’s party, the BJP, is removing a contentious but hugely important clause out of its land reform bill, effectively admitting defeat on a top item of Modi’s economic reform agenda.

U.S. Gas Exports
The Pipe Dream

There are better answers to the North American gas glut than building multi-billion dollar LNG terminals along U.S. coasts to export it.

Bankrupt Health Care
Will ACA Premiums Skyrocket?

If premiums truly do skyrocket, that will be a political disaster for the Administration. If they increase only modestly, the Administration will make PR hay out of it. But in either case, the U.S. health care system will remain broken.

The New Economy
Manufacturing Picks Up Steam

If you are smart, quick, tough and determined enough, this is still a land of opportunity.

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