DEFENSE FRIDAY

Why China's Submarine Force Still Lags Behind - Gady, The Diplomat
5 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 Policy
Future 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, MarketWatch
Worship 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, OilPrice
Warning 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, Nautilus
What 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 Guide
Free 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

The shahriyar gourgi Daily is out! Edition of 29 May 2015 - Paper.li

FPI Overnight Brief: May 29, 2015