Crude Economics
Shale Producers Cinch Belts Tighter

Some of America’s biggest shale firms are cutting spending, but production isn’t falling off a cliff as many feared it might.

the crackdown in china
China’s Corruption Crackdown Goes Global

Increasingly, Xi’s campaigns aren’t confined to Chinese citizens, or by China’s borders.

campus culture wars
Reports of Anti-Semitism at Oberlin

Resurgent anti-Semitism is too important a problem to be ignored and suppressed; it must be confronted, exposed, and repudiated—but with argument, not with formal speech prohibitions.

vicious virus
Zika Virus a Crisis for the Caribbean

Virus that may cause birth defects may hit tourism at the worst time—and increase immigration to the U.S.

Uh Oh EVs
How a Green Cause Is Worsening China’s Smog Problem

Electric cars are making China’s deadly smog worse, according to new research.

China's Bubble
China’s Shady Statistics

The arrest underscores the breadth of President Xi’s corruption crackdown, but it also comes amidst debates about the validity of China’s official statistics.

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A New Middle East?
A U.S. Blueprint for Syria

Why does Russia always seem to be a step ahead of the U.S. in Syria? The answer is simple: Moscow knows exactly what it wants, and the U.S. doesn’t.

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The Colonials Strike Back
African Bishops Against Sexual Liberation

Will the Archbishop of Uganda excommunicate the Archbishop of Canterbury by 2019?

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2016 And Beyond
There Is No Trumpism. There Is Only Donald Trump.

At the end of the day, Trump’s appeal may be more visceral than substantive.

Elections 2016
Kurds to Hold Independence Referendum

Possible scramble to get referendum done before next POTUS elected.

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