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The Authoritarian Temptation
Weimar Russia, 1995–2015

The “Weimar syndrome” of self-pity isn’t the only path open to a country that has endured humiliation and trauma.

Cloudy Skies
What Hawaii Can Teach Us About Solar Power

How Hawaii’s solar industry is destabilizing its grids.

Abe on the High Wire
Japan Wary of Constitutional Change

Abe’s push to change the pacifist constitution isn’t winning over the public. That could change if China acts up in the seas this summer—so Beijing might keep quiet to keep Japan out of the game.

Beware of Greeks Bearing Debts
€60 a Day: Currency Controls Hit Greece

The long-anticipated crisis finally breaks.

Shale Fail
Britain Deals Fracking Another Blow

A British county council dealt fracking a one-two punch over the past week, rejecting two separate permits for fracking.

Puerto Rico Blues
A Greece of Our Very Own

Puerto Rico’s governor: We cannot pay our debts. The math doesn’t work.

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Greeks Bearing Debts
What a Grexit Could Mean For the Euro

Analysts are fretting, but the Greeks leaving the euro could be a blessing in disguise.

The New Economy
Will Paris Leave the Lights on for Airbnb?

The popular apartment-sharing site had twenty times more users in summer 2014 than in 2011, says Airbnb. But that’s not filling everyone with joie de vivre.

Internet Age
US Navy Clicks to Ignore Updates

The Navy has commissioned Microsoft to extend service for its systems running Windows XP, which the company discontinued last year.

Art of Betrayal
Sins of the Father

Two books on spying home in on the “human factor” in high-profile espionage cases, one American and one Soviet.

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