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Our top picks for the week:

NATO's Next Move A Conversation with Jens Stoltenberg After serving as Norway’s prime minister from 2005 to 2013, Jens Stoltenberg took over as the 13th Secretary General of NATO this past March.

Futureproofing Drones Setting the Right Standards for Aerial Warfare By Sarah Kreps The U.S. drone attacks that killed American and Italian aid workers in Pakistan renewed questions about the legality and effectiveness of using drones for counterterrorism. If Washington wants to set policy for the future use of unarmed aerial combat vehicles, it has to get smart on when and where it uses them.

The Violence of Algorithms Why Big Data Is Only as Smart as Those Who Generate It By Taylor Owen With the rise of big data, the state is pushing the bounds of the social contract. In the emerging system, moral codes, social norms, and human judgment are being augmented or replaced by hidden algorithms, placing a tremendous amount of power in the people and public and private institutions that oversee them.

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The U.S. Shale Boom Takes a Break Life as the World's Swing Producer By Jim Krane Mark Agerton Texas used to be the world’s swing producer of oil. In the first half of the twentieth century, the Texas Railroad Commission enforced production quotas to balance markets and keep prices and profits stable. Texas lost that job to OPEC in the 1970s, though, and never gained it back—until now.

Exporting Feminism Are Women's Rights Universal? By Samantha Eyler Many feminist writers working out of South America struggle with the ethical dilemma of having their views regarded as privileged and condescending, given the unique cultural context faced by women and feminist movements in Latin America.