United we lie
China and Russia to Cooperate on Propaganda?

Chinese state media announced that Beijing and Moscow are going to try to work together more closely to spread propaganda and misinformation around the world.

Reforming Delivery
What We Should Do Next on Health Care

After SCOTUS’s ruling on Obamacare, here is where our health care conversation needs to go—and how we will know if reforms are working

A Cabbage Grows in Asia
China Thumbs Nose at Vietnam Again

By sending an oil rig off of Vietnam’s coast just as Vietnam’s leader heads off to Washington for a historic meeting, Beijing may be pushing its adversaries together.

Old King Coal Reigns
“Green” Germany Can’t Bring Itself to Spurn Coal

Berlin caved to coal industry demands this week when it scrapped a plan to slap older power plants with an extra charge.

Asia's Game of Thrones
Japan: We May Patrol South China Sea

The chief of the Joint Staff of the Japan Self-Defense Forces said China’s aggressive behavior is prompting Tokyo to consider partnering up with the United States to jointly patrol the contested waters.

SCOTUS Raisin Ruling
The Producerist Bias

The New Deal policies that stacked the deck for producers are increasingly outmoded. It’s time to re-think more than just the raisin reserve.

The Nuke Negotiations and Syria
How Iran’s Oil Artery Is Keeping Assad Alive

And what would happen if we squeezed it?

Crumbling BRIC
Dilma Staggers To DC

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff comes to D.C. this weekend with hopes of a foreign policy success that will boost her waning popularity at home.

Sayeth the Supremes
Obamacare Lives!

Obamacare lives, but this legal challenge was never really germane to the real debate we should be having about the ACA.

Smart Diplomacy
Will Venezuela’s Elections Be Fair?

Some targeted outreach by U.S. diplomats to Caracas appears to have prompted Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro to announce elections. No word yet on whether international election monitors will be allowed near them, however.

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