:Overnight Brief: May 26, 2015




WORLD TUESDAY

Mideast Brief: U.N. Postpones Yemen Peace TalksJ. Dana Stuster, Foreign Policy
4 Words Imperiling Health Law Were a Mistake - Robert Pear, NY Times
Dems Try to Fix HC Problem They Made Worse - Byron York, Examiner
Why Iraq's Military Has No Will to Fight - Matt Schiavenza, The Atlantic
Disasters at Home and Abroad - Victor Davis Hanson, National Review

Pensions and Politics Fuel Crisis in Illinois - Davey & Walsh, NY Times
How Badly Can U.S.-Israel Ties Fray? - Aaron David Miller, RealClearWorld
Geopolitical Weekly : A Net Assessment of Europe | Stratfor 
Reflections on Ramadi - Paul Floyd, Stratfor
In Germany, Anti-Americanism Goes on Display - Alex Berezow, RCW
Will Obama Be Churchill or Chamberlain? - Bob Feferman, Jerusalem Post
Fear of a New Balkan Conflict - Economist
No More Band-Aids for Greece - Mohammed El-Erian, Bloomberg View
Francois Hollande, Europe's Lonely Socialist - Pierre Briancon, Politico EU
Maldives, a Paradise in Peril - Charles Tannock, Project Syndicate
Brunei's Baffling Introduction of Sharia - Bill Ozanick, The Diplomat
Don't Let Climate Talks Fail Again - Kevin Rudd, New York Times
North Korea's Real Hunger Games - Joseph Kim, Foreign Policy
We Need to Understand Unconventional Warfare - Octavian Manea, SMJ
ISIS Could Drive a Rare Bird to Extinction - BBC
France, Germany Seek Closer Euro Ties - Traynor & Perraudin, Guardian
Obama, Anti-Semitism, and iran - Walter Russell Mead, American Interest
A Museum to Honor Palestinian Heritage - Ahmad Melhem, Al Monitor


Editorials

Latin America Rethinks Drug Policies - New York Times
Rohingya Refugees Deserve Better - Japan Times
ISIS Victories: Terrible, Not Terminal - Guardian
Winning Over Tomorrow's Conservatives - Telegraph




DEFENSE TUESDAY


South China Sea's Ticking Time Bomb - Mark Thompson, Time
The U.S. Military is a National Security Threat - Sean McElwee, Salon
Pendulum Swings with Latest Acquisition Reform - Erwin, ND Magazine
Armoured vehicle priorities for the Czech Armed Forces: Interview with Lt Col Vit Duchace | Defence IQ
Japan, U.S. and Australia Join 'Unprecedented' Collaboration - Reuters
China Extends Reach, Builds Lighthouses in Disputed Seas - Reuters
Why Iraq's Military Has 'No Will to Fight' - Matt Schiavenza, The Atlantic
SE Asia Maritime Build-Up Accelerating Risks - Siva Govindasamy, Reuters
NATO Fighter Jets Join Nordics in Baltic Exercise - Associated Press
Which Service Spent the Most in Gambling, Stripper Scandal? - Vocativ
Budget Cuts Impact U.S. Ability to Fight - Jennifer Griffin, FOX News
Photographs of MV-22's Launching Off the Flight Deck - Foxtrot Alpha
USAF Launches X-37B on 4th Mystery Mission - Wall, Scientific American
Pentagon Rethinks $475M Cyber Budget - Aliya Sternstein, NextGov
Fighter Jets Scramble After Threats to Planes - Keneally & Margolin, ABC
Damage Control Over Carter's Iraq Remarks - Jeff Mason, Reuters
In Iraq, Lessons from Vietnam Still Resonate - Pincus, Washington Post
How the U.S. Senate Can Stabilize S. China Sea - Panda, The Diplomat  




MARKETS TUESDAY

Bill Gross Thinks The End Is Coming - Andrew Ross Sorkin, New York Times
7 Worst Lies Investors Tell Themselves - Jonathan Clements, MarketWatch
The Commodity Rally Should Not Excite You - John Shmuel, National Post
My Gift to Candidate Who Wants to Win - Richard Rahn, Washington Times
Conservatives Must Learn Language of Tax Reform - Dean Kalahar, RCM
We Ought to Scale Back Technology Hype - Paul Krugman, New York Times
Buffett Shows Why Min. Wage Should Be Zero - Ira Stoll, New York Sun
Criminal Charges On the Banks Won't Work - Allan Sloan, Washington Post
Ways to Make a Smooth Transition to Retirement - Nanci Hellmich, USAT
Good Economists Ask Questions Like This - Donald Boudreaux, Cafe Hayek
The TPP Will Fuel Texas Job Engine - Vance Ginn, Investor's Business Daily
Near Half of Big U.S. Cities Are Giant Suburbs - Jordan Weissmann, Slate
Did China Launch World's Biggest Spending Plan? - Gordon Chang, Forbes
Nash Was Smart Enough to Not Predict NCAA Tourney - Ben Cohen, WSJ
John Nash's Indelible Contribution to Econ. Analysis - Jon Hartley, Forbes
Changing the way business is conducted - i-HLS



ENERGY TODAY

Through The Looking Glass: The Art And Science Of Hand-Polishing Precision Optics - U.S. Department of Energy 
Approved Drone Use Grows Among Electric Utilities - Thomas Dougherty, II | Lewis Roca Rothgerber
Colorado Blazes The Path On Oil And Gas Data - Environmental Defense Fund Energy Exchange Blog
US Solar Adoption Pretty Dismal, Closer Look Reveals - Pete Danko, Breaking Energy
New Storage Technologies Open Doors For Wind And Solar - Enerknol Research, Breaking Energy
Oil Markets Can't Ignore The Fundamentals Forever - Arthur Berman, OP
How Obama's Regulations Will Affect the Energy Industry - CNBC
Why We're Thinking About Energy All Wrong - Travis Hoium, Motley Fool
It's Our Aging Energy Infrastructure, Stupid! - James Conca, Forbes
Why Tesla's BatteryĆ¢s Won't Work For Rooftop Solar - OilPrice.com
Nuclear Power to the People - Bennett Ramberg, Foreign Affairs
Don't Derail Natural Gas Boom - David Spigelmyer, Philadelphia Inquirer
China's Nuclear Power Expansion Could Be Devastating - News.co.au
Is the Slowdown in Productivity Growth a Result of Energy Costs? - RI
21st Century Electricity System May Be Closer Than You Think - GTM
U.S. Solar Adoption Pretty Dismal, Closer Look Reveals - Pete Danko, BE
No Reason for OPEC to Relent in Oil Market Tussle - G. Sharma, Forbes
How Veterans Are Growing the Wind Industry - The Energy Collective
Fracking Off to Slow Start as NC Wildcatters Stumble - News & Observer
A Tale of Two Crudes: Nigeria and Angola - Eklavya Gupte, Platts
Did EPA Drop Carbon Capture from New Power Plant Rules? - UD    


TECHNOLOGY TUESDAY

Can a hacker hijack a plane from his seat ? - i-HLS
New OS X to Focus Less on Features, More on Quality - Computerworld
Uber Closes In on Its Last Frontier: Airports - Mike Tierney, NYT
How Everyone Gets the Sharing Economy Wrong - C. Mims, WSJ
7 Cell Towers Trying to Fit In - Chandra Steele, PC Magazine
There's Now a Popcorn Time for Live TV - Zach Epstein, Boy Genius Report
Why Using an Ad Blocker Is Stealing - Avram Piltch, Tom's Guide
iOS 9 Might Be Friendlier to Older Devices - D. Etherington, TechCrunch
Pac-Man at 35: A Look Back - Arcade Heroes
Netflix Wants to Usher in a New Golden Age of Nonfiction TV - Wired
How to Try a Phone Cleanse - Casey Johnston, Motherboard
Which Smartphone is the Toughest? - Marc Saltzman, USA Today
The Race to Increase Phone Call Quality - Rachel Metz, Technology Review
Summer's Hottest Gadgets - Nathan Eddy, InformationWeek
YouTube's 1st Decade Shows Sharing Free Content Pays Off - AP
Can Elon Musk and Tesla Save Mining? - Andrew Critchlow, Telegraph


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