The Unraveler

What the Iraq mess means for oil

Hint: It's not good.

What the Iraq mess means for oil

Some scary practices return to US property market, but the bubbles are overseas

Some scary practices return to US property market, but the bubbles are overseas

Why Europe’s new anti-EU parliament will vex America

Why Europe’s new anti-EU parliament will vex America

A Russian invasion: Normandy is next

A Russian invasion: Normandy is next

This is why Nigeria’s large military is no match for violent zealots

This is why Nigeria’s large military is no match for violent zealots

Here's how Florida shrimpers get skewered by Obama's trans-Pacific trade pact

The local shrimping industry is already losing out to Asia.

Here's how Florida shrimpers get skewered by Obama's trans-Pacific trade pact

Why is the Obama administration siding with Argentina against US bondholders?

NML Capital has struggled for years to get Argentina to pay up. The US assistant attorney general may have just placed a new hurdle.

Why is the Obama administration siding with Argentina against US bondholders?

These are the largest infrastructure projects in the Western Hemisphere

Some of them will surprise you.

These are the largest infrastructure projects in the Western Hemisphere

Cuba says ‘investors welcome,’ but the investors aren’t buying

The island's new investment law offers inducements, but no guarantees.

Cuba says ‘investors welcome,’ but the investors aren’t buying

Here's why the US and Russia would be MAD to go to war

A look at the nuclear warheads that guarantee our 'mutually assured destruction.'

Here's why the US and Russia would be MAD to go to war

Venezuela’s government is sinking in a sea of oil

It has nearly as much crude reserves as the US and Saudi Arabia combined. So how come Venezuela's oil production and exports are slipping and the public is raging in the streets?

Venezuela’s government is sinking in a sea of oil

Why the world is worrying about this not-so-precious metal

Trading near historic lows, copper augers more trouble for emerging markets.

Why the world is worrying about this not-so-precious metal

Banking on pain for Russia’s banks

Talk of Western sanctions has Russian oligarchs worried.

Banking on pain for Russia’s banks

Why a Crimean enclave is just saving up trouble

Splitting off non-contiguous territories has been a surefire prescription for violence.

Why a Crimean enclave is just saving up trouble

Hagel’s defense cuts won’t gut the military

5 myths, busted.

Hagel’s defense cuts won’t gut the military