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Cyberattacks: Breaking Into a Broken System

May 15, 2017 A system whose security depends on an absence of carelessness is a system designed to fail.

Don’t Forget About the Islamic State

May 15, 2017 The U.S. may be preoccupied with North Korea, but the conflict in Syria has not gone away.

Watch List: May 15, 2017

The items listed below represent potential emerging issues that our analysts are tracking. These can be long term or short term, but will be updated daily. If an item...

Watch List Findings: May 13, 2017

What follows are the preliminary findings for issues identified in the daily Watch Lists this week. We are only sending findings that we regard as significant or potentially significant...

The Cost of Fixing Russia’s Economy

May 12, 2017 Putin must choose between trying to save the economy and saving himself.

The Truth About Russia’s OPEC Cuts

May 12, 2017 In December 2016, Russia joined OPEC in a pledge to cut oil production by roughly 1.2 million barrels per day. And for the first quarter of 2017, OPEC largely made good on its pledge. It produced 1.1 million fewer barrels of oil per day in the first quarter of 2017 than it did in the final quarter of 2016.

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