Overnight Brief: June 1 , 2015
WORLD POLITICS MONDAY
That 1914 Feeling - Paul Krugman, New York Times
Iraq's Tragic Unraveling - Fred Hiatt, Washington Post
China's Currency Rises and Rises - Stephen Greenville, Lowy Interpreter
Russia Will Keep Backing Assad - for Now - A.B. Solomon, Jerusalem Post
Racing to Save Mexico's Floating Gardens - Frederic Saliba, Le Monde
Europe and Anti-Europe - Joschka Fischer, Project Syndicate
Is Ash Carter All Talk on China? - Josh Rogin, Bloomberg View
Enough Is Enough: Set the Troops on ISIS - Dean Obeidallah, Daily Beast
Killing in Gaza Gets Easier - David Shulman, New York Review of Books
London, the Perfect City in Miniature - Carly Ledbetter, Huffington Post
5 Ways the U.S. Can Get Tough With China - Harry Kazianis, RCWorld
Put Japanese Troops on the Senkakus - Alex Calvo, Strife Blog
FIFA and Putin: A Perfect Alliance of Sleaze - Ryu Spaeth, The Week
John Kerry Broke His Leg in Europe - Daniel Politi, Slate
The Best European Apartments to Rent - Conde Nast Traveller
Unleashing Japan's Military - Emily Chen, National Interest
Slim Pickings for the Democrats - Fred Barnes, Weekly Standard
Editorials
Enter O'Malley - Washington PostIsrael Can Teach California About Water Use - Haaretz
Who Will Fight for Iraq? - New York Times
Japan's Aquariums Need to Evolve - Japan Times
It's About Time Someone Took on FIFA - Los Angeles Times
DEFENSE MONDAY
No Margin For Error As Navy Builds New Nukes: Tofalo - S., Breaking Defense
Big Boost For Small Firm: Spartan Teams With Vyper For Army ULCV - S. Freedberg, Breaking Defense
‘Fundamental Change In Direction’ For F-35; Kendall Floats Plan To Buy 450 Planes - Colin Clark, Breaking Defense
VIDEO Of F-35B Operational Tests Aboard USS Wasp, With Gorgeous Views Of DC From V-22 - Colin Clark, Breaking Defense
'Hull Envy': Looming Crisis of the US Coast Guard - Rohrlich, VICE News
U.S. Missile Defense Rockets Have Serious Glitch - Doug G. Ware, UPI
A-10 'Warthog' likely to keep flying - Martin Matishak, The Hill
Military Seeks to Temper Military Justice Overhaul - Richard Lardner, AP
Military Needs to Solve Real-World Problems - Dakota Wood, Daily Signal
Women Fail to Enter Next Phase of Ranger School - Marilyn Malara, UPI
The US is Embracing a Dark Deality in Iraq - P. Engel, Business Insider
NSA Loses Authorities Without Senate Deal - E. Werner & K. Dilanian, AP
Australia to Continue Military Patrols in S. China Sea - Rob Taylor, WSJ
U.S. giving Vietnam $18 Million to Counter China - D. Alexander, Reuters
U.S. to Ask Vietnam to End Land Reclamation - Lolita C. Baldor, AP
Map: The U.S. Bound to Defend 25% of Humanity - Adam Taylor, WP
Qatar Extends Travel Ban on ex-Gitmo Inmates - Matthew Lee, AP
Poland's Military Response to Russia's Belligerence - M. Day, Telegraph
SecDef Closely Monitoring Anthrax Investigation - Hai Phong, Reuters
Military Interpreter Killed Waiting for Visa - A. Goodman, Free Beacon
DoD Takes Lead in President's Declared LGBT Month - DoD News
MARKETS & ENERGY MONDAY
Housing Soars Where the Super-Rich Invest - Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TodayThe $775K Watch on Rafael Nadal's Arm - Tom Perrotta, Wall Street Journal
The Unrealized Horrors of Population Explosion - Clyde Haberman, NYT
A Tentative Economy Feeds On Itself - Robert Samuelson, Washington Post
As GDP Sags, White House Excuses Boom - Editorial, Investor's Business
Investors Hold to Hopes as GDP Falters - E.S. Browning, Wall Street Journal
4 Charts That Show American Dream Dying - Jeremy Olshan, MarketWatch
Hillary Clinton Embraces Stiglitz, Trashes '80s - Brian Domitrovic, Forbes
The GOP Can't Control Gov't Spending - Stephen Moore, Washington Times
Free College Is a Handout to Upper Middle - Dmitri Mehlhorn, Daily Beast
The Danger Presented By Hastert/FIFA Indictments - John Tamny, Forbes
Let NASA Figure Out California Water Supply - Leighton Woodhouse, TNR
What Businesses Must Know Before Moving To China - Chet Nagle, RCM
Saudis Keep the Oil Flowing - Clifford Krauss & Stanley Reed, New York Times
Is Bangladesh Factory Safety Realistic? - Tom Hemphill & Geo. White, RCM
Failure Is Cheered In The U.S., But Taboo Elsewhere - John Donohue, TNY
The Darker Side of Solar Power - Konrad Yakabuski, Globe & Mail
Solar Panels Are Powering Up in Connecticut - Bill Cummings, AP
Terawatt Solar Farms By 2050? - Darrell Delamaide, OilPrice.com
Will Green Energy Create Viable Investment Opportunities? - Zacks
EPA Can't Shake Its Ethanol Headache - Jason Plautz, National Journal
The EPA, The RFS And Nobody Is Smiling (But Me) - Bill Tucker, Forbes
Propane Gains as an Alternative for Vehicles - William Tucker, FF
U.S. Shale Is Transforming the LNG Market - The American Interest
TECHNOLOGY MONDAY
The Birth of Cable Companies and Tech Today - Matt Thompson, AtlanticSports May Not Save Cable Bundles - Joan Solsman, CNET
5 Phone Apps That Will Keep You Off Your Phone - Bloomberg
Why Apple Didn't Buy Nokia's Mapping Service - Parmy Olson, Forbes
10 Reasons Why You Should Consider a Flip Phone - M. Miller, ZDNet
Apple vs. HP: How to Fail in a Turnaround in 5 Easy Steps - techspective
Sunk: How Ross Ulbricht Ended Up in Prison for Life - Joe Mullin, Ars
What You Should Know About Posting Pics of Your Kids - Tech Times
The Second Coming of Plug-in Electric Hybrids - Doug Newcomb, PC Mag
Is 2015 the Year of the Smartwatch? - Samuel Gibbs, Guardian
Tech's Sexual Frustration - Tracy Clark-Flory, Vocativ
Imagining The Perfect Daredevil Video Game - Cameron Koch, Tech Times
BitTorrent: Another Victim of Netflix - Yoni Heisler, Boy Genius Report
The Savior Elon Musk - Holman Jenkins, Wall Street Journal
The 5 Best Features of Android M - Eric Zeman, InformationWeek
Research
The shahriyar gourgi Daily is out! Edition of 01 June 2015 - Paper.li
DEFENSE FRIDAY
Why China's Submarine Force Still Lags Behind - Gady, The Diplomat5 Ways to Foil China in the South China Sea - James R. Holmes, RCDefense
NATO: Russia Could Occupy Baltics in 2 Days - Jeremy Bender, Business Insider
U.S. Marines' Little-Known Braintrust, the Ellis Group - Ryan Faith, VICE News
Mabus: 1 in 4 Marine Recruits Should be Women - D. Perkins, Marine Times
Congress Seeks to Arm U.S. Allies in the Pacific - Kris Osborn, DOD Buzz
Washington Playing 'Whack-a-Mole' in SCS - B. Spegele & J. Page, WSJ
Images Emerge of New Chinese Twin-Fuselage UAV - R.D. Fisher Jr., Jane's
Army Researchers to Make Better Bullets - M. Pomerleau, Defense Systems
U.S. Experimenting With Bug Drones - Patrick Tucker, Defense One
How Disbanding the Iraqi Army Fueled ISIS - Mark Thompson, Time
U.S. Trained Commander from Tajikistan joins ISIS - The Guardian
Pentagon 'Fine-Tuning' Mission to Train Iraqi Forces - Kristina Wong, The Hill
Russia and NATO Host Rival Exercises - Daniel Schearf, Voice of America
Putin Declares Military Deaths State Secrets - Carol J. Williams, L.A. Times
Odierno: More Women May Attend Ranger School - Staff, Military.com
Shipment of Anthrax Exposes Flaws in Safety Systems - Forbes
McCain Urges Military Strikes Against FIFA - Andy Borowitz, New Yorker
WORLD POLITICS FRIDAY
Absent Empire, Chaos Reigns in Mideast - Robert Kaplan, Foreign PolicyFuture of the Middle East Looks Ominously Like Iraq - Tom Wilson, RCW
Do the Palestinians Want Any Part of Peace? - J. Tobin, Commentary
Helping Cameron Make the Case for Europe - Daniela Schwarzer, GMF
The Keys to Venezuela's Future - Aponte-Moreno & Lattig, The Conversation
The American Crowdfunding a War on ISIS - J. McLaughlin, Mother Jones
Narendra Modi, the Leader Who Just Gets It - S Visvanathan, DeccanChron
11 Words to Build Britain's Future - Uri Friedman, The Atlantic
Does ISIS Really Threaten America? - Alex Ward, National Interest
Can a Jordanian Prince Rescue Soccer? - Joshua Keating, Slate
Russia Has Putinism, Turkey Gets Tayyipism - Champion, Bloomberg View
Sepp Blatter's Reign of Shame - Roger Cohen, New York Times
Obama's Policy Will Keep the Sirens Blaring in Israel - Ben Avni, NY Post
What's Up With Boko Haram? - John Campbell, Council on Foreign Relations
Containment In Reverse: Halting Democracy - C. Walker, WA Journal
Are Women's Rights Universal? - Samantha Eyler, Foreign Affairs
Rushing to Train Afghans Before NATO Leaves - F. Semprini, La Stampa
Pope Francis Shows How Stagnant Israel Is - Yossi Sarid, Haaretz
The Insecure American - Paul Krugman, New York Times
Republican Candidates and Foreign Policy - Michael Warren, Weekly Std
Democratic Extremism - Rep. John Delaney, Washington Post
Why Doctors Quit - Charles Krauthammer, Washington Post
Editorials
U.S. Must Do More to Help Iraq Fight ISIS - Washington Post
Protect Israel's Press Freedom - Haaretz
South Asia's Human Trafficking Horrors - New York Times
Nigeria Needs a New Start - Bloomberg View
Cameron Tilts at European Windmills - Guardian
MARKETS FRIDAY
Your Home Is No Key to Buffett Returns - John Coumarianos, MarketWatchWorship of Buffett & Munger Is Hardly Misplaced - Vitaliy Katsenelson, II
Lehman Ex Richard Fuld Breaks the Silence - David Gelles, New York Times
A View On Fed's Role In the Financial Crisis - Rich Lowrie, Put Growth First
Wall Street's Young Guns Brace for 1st Big Test - Bost/Smialek, Bloomberg
Wall Street Uses Dodd-Frank Power Against Itself - Adam Davidson, NYT
Transformation Not Fully Appreciated By Economists - Jeff Snider, RCM
The Meaning of LeBron Extends Beyond Basketball - John Tamny, Forbes
Market Neutral Works When Valuations High - Jon Ratner, National Post
Stock-Market Top Callers Miss a Key Ingredient - Chris Ciovacco, Ciovacco
Star Mgrs. Battered by Rocky Yields, Currencies - Jennifer Ablan, Reuters
Small-Business Gloom Creates a 'Vicious Business Cycle' - Andrea Riquier
There's An Uber Now for Helicopters - Lizzie Widdicombe, The New Yorker
Ranking All the Cool Stuff Google Just Announced - Will Oremus, Slate
Silicon Valley Eats Up New 'Super Ritalin' - Dan McCarthy, The Daily Beast
Greece's 1-2-3 Plan For Default, Amazing Recovery - Nathan Lewis, Forbes
ENERGY TODAY
Investors Turning Away from Green Energy - Michael McDonald, OilPriceWarning Sign for Energy Tech Investors: Viva La Revolucion! - Forbes
Americans Using Most Renewable Energy Since '30s - Reem Nasr, CNBC
America on the Cusp of an Arctic Breakthrough - Brent Greenfield, RCE
Do We Need To Go Nuclear On Climate Change? - Tom Zeller, Jr., Forbes
Hillary Plans to Get 'Aggressive' on the Climate - Brad Plumer, Vox
EPA's Triple Threat to the Economy - John Eick, Washington Examiner
Oil Price: Why Further Falls May Be on the Way - Catherine Boyle, CNBC
Why President Obama Should Export Crude Oil - William Cohen, Time
Sour Is the New Sweet: OPEC's View of Oil Quality Dilemma - Reuters
Aubrey McClendon: Fracking's Cowboy Rides Again - C. Helman, Forbes
Solar Farm in the Shape of Mickey Mouse Is Coming to Florida - Fortune
Texas Flood's Climate Change Irony - , USA Today
Saudi Arabia: The World's Leading Exporter of...Solar? - Ed King, RTCC
Coal Facing Worst Year Yet in 2015 - Nick Cunningham, OilPrice.com
Can Rick Santorum Bring Back Coal Jobs? - Danny Vinik, Politico
SCIENCE FRIDAY
Your Brain Can't Handle the Moon - Brian Gallagher, NautilusWhat Use Are Mathematical Proofs? - Marianne Freiberger, Plus Mag.
Military Tech: Laser Weapons Get Real - Andy Extance, Nature News
Military Accidentally Shipped Live Anthrax - Robert Burns, AP
One Man's Dogged Search for Amelia Earhart - David Lande, NatGeo
Social Hookup App Use Up. So Are STDs - Elizabeth Whitman, Biz In.
Grading Obama's Bee Health Promotion Strategy - H. Campbell, S2.0
Memory Alloy Bounces Back 10 Million Times - Jonathan Webb, BBC
Reducing Prejudice in Your Sleep - Tom Jacobs, Pacific Standard
The Psychology of Drinking Games - Ross Pomeroy, RealClearScience
TECHNOLOGY FRIDAY
Why Ad Blockers Are Essential - Joe Pishgar, Tom's GuideFree Windows 10 Won't Mean New PC Sales - Mark Hachman, PC World
7 Crazy 'Smart' Devices You Didn't Know You Needed - Edward Cox, Inc.
Will Force Touch Be the iPhone 6s' Killer Feature? - Evan Niu, Fool
'Deep Learning' Will Soon Give Us Super Smart Robots - C. Metz, Wired
Netflix's Difficult Path into China - Clifford Coonan, The Hollywood Reporter
How About Amazon-Branded Groceries? - Phil Wahba, Fortune
Amazon Dominates the Cloud, But Viable Alternatives Exist - ZDNet
How Sega Brought the Mega Drive into the Mainstream - Keith Stuart
How to Get the Most Out of Pocket - Chandra Steele, PC Magazine
Another Year, Another Technology Deluge From Google - Bloomberg
Google+ Lives! - Richard Nieva, CNET
Those Instagram Photos Aren't Your Property - Jessica Contrera, WaPo
The Peril of Putting Your Mind on a Computer - C. Friedersdorf, Atlantic
The Next App Frontier: TV - A. Barr & D. Clark, Wall Street Journal
Research
FP Situation Report May 29, 2015 : Chinese drones and Russian paranoia; Congress angry over anthrax; and lots more
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