India

With the United States embroiled in controversy, China continues to make moves on several fronts to broaden its influence in the South China Sea and in Asia more broadly.

If India and the US can create tangible cooperation in cyber security and the digital economy, it would send a message to developing countries that digital spaces can be effectively secured while accounting for the freedoms of expression and commerce on the internet.

A review of what was accomplished in the Paris Talks and other notes on recent happenings, including Congress's decision to remove restrictions on crude oil exports and Putin's comments on "love, war and the ruble." 

ISIS's oil supplies have been hit hard, but will it be enough to stop the growth of the Islamic State? More on that and other energy issues in the latest Hot Commodities.