Crude Economics
US Firms Having a Cheap Oil Field Day

The oil and gas sector may not like it, but plunging crude prices are a boon for many American companies.

Crude Economics
LNG Prices Are Plummeting

The oil price crash has sent LNG prices reeling, casting doubt on America’s gas export plans.

The Emerging European Politics
As Goes Syriza, So Goes Podemos

As pan-Mediterranean leftist ties deepen, the parties may fall as well as rise together.

Sub Club
India Wants to Build Japanese Submarines

India wants Japan to throw its hat in the ring for a big new submarine deal.

Blue Meltdown
Detroit Seizes Homes to Fund Corruption

Detroit is foreclosing on homes whose owners failed to pay property taxes. This is the ugly state of the Great Society in many cities today: corruption and dysfunction funded by injustice.

Middle East Aflame
The Price of America’s Abdication

As Sunnis and Shiites massacred each other in two prominent American-allied nations, the cost of our lack of leadership grows.

Achilles' Heel
Money Walks, Politicians Talk

The Greeks have put Syriza in Athens, but they’re also putting their money in German banks.

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Russia and the West
Arm Ukraine to Avoid Another Bosnia

Failing to arm Ukraine in its struggle against the Russian-backed separatists will lead to a bloodier conflict in the long run.

Xi's All That
China Battening Down the Cyber Hatches

China is cracking down on Google, Microsoft, and VPNs, the services people can use in China to penetrate the Great Firewall.

Gazproblems
Gazprom’s Pain Is Only Just Beginning

2014 was a bad year for Gazprom, but 2015 could be worse.

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