Overnight Brief: May 25, 2015




WORLD POLITICS MONDAY



Russia Can't Afford Its Military - Franz-Stefan Gady, The Diplomat
Saudi Shakeup - Steve Coll, The NewYorker
Obama Is Nostalgic for "White" Israel - David Bernstein, Washington Post
ISIS and Iraq's Shiite Revival - Nicolas Pelham, New York Review of Books
The New Dictators Rule by Velvet Fist - S. Guriev & D. Treisman, NY Times
The EU's Cynical Dismissals of Eastern Hopes - L. Bershidsky, Bloom-View
Obama's Deep Concerns over Iran, Israel - Jeffrey Goldberg, The Atlantic
The West's Failure of Nerve - Stephen Blank, Atlantic Council
The End of Spain's Two-Party System? - Helena Spongenberg, EU Observer
Erdogan's Turkish Tightrope Act - Michael Tanchum, Foreign Affairs
Poland Gets a New President - BBC
Obama's Foreign Policy Has Been, Well, Fine - M. O'Hanlon, Brookings
Why Canada Honors Queen Victoria - Conrad Black, National Post
In Germany, Refugees Are a Solution, not a Problem - D. Saunders, G&M
EU Reform and the Making of New UK Leaders - Iain Martin, Telegraph
Ireland Is a Kinder, Fairer Place - Joseph O'Connor, Guardian
Who Is Killing Karachi's Elite? - Lawrence Pintak, Global Post
A New President Inherits a Crippled Nigeria - Joachim MacEbong, Quartz
The Big Meh - Paul Krugman, New York Times


Editorials

India's President Underwhelms - Bloomberg View
To Baku and Back, With Freebies - New York Times
Overzealous Security Harms U.S. and Canada - Boston Globe
A Global Obligation to Rohingya Refugees - Los Angeles Times
The Dead We Honor - New York Post
Victory for Same-Sex Marriage in Ireland - New York Times
DC Culture Gasps as Rubio Tries to Buy a Fridge - Investor's Business Daily
Senate's Trade Vote Was a Victory for Truth - Washington Post


DEFENSE MONDAY

U.S. Military, Civilians Are Increasingly Divided - Zucchino & Cloud, LAT
EPA's Pebble Blame Game - Kimberley Strassel, Wall Street Journal

A Memorial Day Reflection on Equality - Scott Rasmussen, Styrk
Memorial Day - James R. Holmes, RealClearDefense
Counterterrorism: Is it Working? - Wesley Clark, The Globe and Mail
Gallery: The Battle of Ramadi Nine Years Laters - Military Times
The First Memorial Day - Malcolm Jones, The Daily Beast
Bravery of America's Female Special Ops - Gayle Tzemach Lemmon, Beast
Carter Says Iraqis 'Lack the Will to Fight' ISIS - Jaffe & Morris, Wash Post
History's Next Great War Zone - Gordon Chang, The Daily Beast
Abraham Lincoln: America's Greatest President - Merry, National Interest
The Debate on U.S.-China Relations - Elizabeth Economy, The Diplomat
Army Chiefs Plan for Proposed Joint Arab Force - Maggie Michael, AP
McCain Mocks Obama Over Climate Change - McCarthy, The Guardian
A Memorial Day Nightmare About Pentagon Budgets - Masciotra, Salon



MARKETS MONDAY



How to Make a Fortune In U.S. - Philip Delves Broughton, Wall Street Journal
The Best Ways to Avoid Dying Broke, or Worse - Robert Powell, USA Today
Why Congress Can't & Shouldn't Invest - Jason Burack, Wall Street for Main
Dow Transportation Average: Big Concern for Bulls? - Chris Ciovacco, CC
The Stock Market Is Calm. Way Too Calm - Shawn Langlois, MarketWatch
Buffett's Good EITC Idea Is Bad for Progress - Danny Vinik, New Republic
Obamacare Gets Less Affordable By Minute - Editorial, Investor's Business
The Chamber of Corporate Welfare - Stephen Moore, Washington Times
A Reg Reform Plan, Assuming Obama Doesn't Veto - Wayne Crews, Forbes
Why Are the Kids of Palo Alto Killing Themselves? - Maggie Gallagher, NR
Uni's Must Stop Treating Students as Customers - Rebecca Schuman, Slate
The 30 Dollar Hot Dog Guy Is a Capitalist Hero - Kyle Smith, New York Post
7 Charts/Maps That Explain Rise of Rose In U.S. - Joshua Malin, VinePair
The TPP Is An Opportunity To Get Right with Asia - Gregory Kiley, The Hill  





TECHNOLOGY MONDAY

20 PC Games That Will Consume Your Life - Brad Chacos, PC World
Sports on TV Headed for Some Big League Changes - D. Kender, Reviewed
T-Mobile Sidekick: One of the First Cool Smartphones - K. Finley, Wired
The New Spotify: Part Tunes, Part TV, Part Fortune-Teller - CNET
The Inside Story of How the iPhone Crippled BlackBerry - WSJ
The Best Gadgets If You're Grilling Out - Alex Colon, PC Magazine
What We Know About Google's Next Android Update - L. Eadicicco, BI
Firefox Maker Battles to Save the Internet--and Itself - MIT Tech Review
BuzzFeed Didn't Invent the Listicle - Joseph Lichterman, Nieman Lab
9 Tech Companies' Earliest Website Designs - Yoni Heisler, Computerworld  




Reviews, Tips & How Tos

The Best Keyboard for the iPad Air 2 - Dieter Bohn, The Verge
How to Securely Erase Hard Drives and SSDs - A. Kingsley-Hughes, ZDNet
Overclock Your Graphics Card & Make Your Games Run Faster - PCW
How to Back Up and Restore Your Apple Watch - A. Cunningham, Ars
How to Switch From iPhone to Android - Bonnie Cha, Re/Code   





SCIENCE MONDAY

Puzzle Shows How Illogical You Are - Brian Gallagher, Nautilus
How I Failed to Defend Organic Food - Iida Ruishalme, Genetic Lit Proj.
7 Common Myths About Meditation - Catherine Wikholm, Guardian
What's Behind Big Science Frauds? - Oransky & Marcus, NY Times
Gold Artifacts Reveal the Scythians - Andrew Curry, Nat Geo
How Rhinos Conquered the World - Chris Baraniuk, BBC Earth
Coming Soon: Engineered Athletes - David Bishop, Conversation
Bacteria Convert Electricity Into Biofuel - Kristian Sjogren, SciNordic
New Battery Could Take On Lithium Ion - Lisa Zyga, PhysOrg.com
Nash's Mind Leaves Beautiful Legacy - Tom Siegfried, Science News  




The Latest Research

Depression Linked to 5X Death Rate of Heart Failure - EurekAlert!
Robots Learn via Trial and Error - University of California-Berkeley
Forest Fires Could Release Chernobyl Radiation - GeoSci Institute
Simulations Predict a New Phase of Matter - Science Daily  



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