The Endgame in Syria
US Has Only Trained 60 Fighters in Syria

It’s well past time we admitted that the U.S. is either unserious about the force we’re training in Syria, or unable to find fighters to fit our needs, or both.

The Party's Over?
China’s Three Bubbles

The stock market crash isn’t just a crisis of China’s financial markets. It is a crisis of China’s political system and international strategy.

The Nuclear Negotiations
Groundhog Day in Vienna

Keeping President Obama focused on the negotiations while holding the final deal just out of reach isn’t a bad position for the Supreme Leader—especially when, so far, every step of the process has weakened America’s position and bolstered Iran’s.

Greeks Bearing Debts
Telling Him What They Really Think

The bitter rhetoric directed toward Greece during Tuesday’s European summit shows that a currency that was supposed to bring the EU together is splitting it apart.

Uber Regulated
Uber Expands in Emerging Markets

Regulators in Hyderabad and Mexico City seek policies that allow the ride-sharing giant to provide a service that is “quality, safe and efficient.” These should be the only criteria that legislators have in mind when pondering how to regulate the burgeoning sharing economy.

Against the Flow
China Ready to Go All-In on Dams

Beijing hopes to add more dams to its increasingly scarce rivers to wean itself off of coal.

South China Sea Standoff
When ‘Bilateral’ Means ‘Unilateral’

The Philippines case against Chinese territorial aggression is finally about to be heard in The Hague. But it’s power, not international law, that’s likely to determine how this all shakes out.

Up in the air
In Defense of the F-35

Saying the F-35 can’t beat the F-16 in a dogfight is a little like complaining that a tank can’t beat a horse at a fence jump and calling for a return to the age of cavalry charges.

Ideological Blinkers
Shocker: Greeks Present No New Plan

Shocker for the eurocrats, anyway. Their ideological blinkers appear to be preventing them from even imagining that their Syriza interlocutors see the world in a fundamentally different way from them.

The Saudi Shuffle
Saudia Arabia Makes $10bn Investment in Russia

Is Saudi Arabia’s multibillion-dollar investment in Russia window dressing, or something more?

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