Policymakers should look warmly upon MOOCs, says AEI’s Andrew Kelly. MOOCs are great for self-starters and less so for remedial students, but they still have a role to play in increasing access to education and lowering costs.

Putin says he wants Brussels to shore up Kiev’s shaky economy, but what he really wants is for Europe to pay Ukraine’s massive gas bills.

Images of Erdoğan and one of his advisors beating up relatives of the people who died in the recent mining disaster are causing widespread outrage in Turkey.

Putin looks like he will continue to ride the tide he has set into motion for the time being. But amidst his tactical successes we can already see the signs of a looming strategic defeat.

This could get ugly, fast.

The United States is understandably worried that sanctions against Russian energy companies would adversely effect its biggest customers: our allies in Europe. But by focusing its efforts on preventing new oil and gas tech from making its way to Siberian shale and Arctic oil and gas reserves, the West could hamper Russia’s long-term strategic interests without endangering its short-term energy needs.

American biofuel producers have reduced their output this year, as the EPA considers not increasing the biodiesel mandate. This is good news, but we need real reform to end the US biofuel boondoggle.

Japan is rearming and rethinking its approach to regional security. Today, Prime Minister Abe declared that Japan’s military should be permitted to come to an ally’s defense.

With anti-China riots continuing in Vietnam and China starting to build on a remote reef near the Philippines, things are getting hot in the South China Sea.

History’s largest election ended this week, results are to be released on May 16, and Narendra Modi looks set to win big. His victory will undoubtedly have consequences for U.S.-India relations.