Preventing the next terrorist attack is the primary objective of national security apparatus. With the scar of September 11 ingrained into the American consciousness, there is a societal pressure on leaders to ensure that the nonstate actors who wish to cause...
The Iran nuclear deal sparked an intense debate among experts, commentators, and U.S. officials about whether such a deal will ignite a nuclear arms race in the Middle East. The argument suggests that the nuclear deal essentially green-lights an Iranian...
On September 3, China and the United States signed the Paris Climate Agreement, bringing the reality of its implementation that much closer. When 55 countries that together generate at least 55% of the world’s emissions sign on, the agreement will come...
Although the Silk Road Fund has been well financed, many of the infrastructure projects have met significant obstacles. Will China see this aspiration of regional trading unity become a reality? China has made the “One Belt, One Road” (OBOR) initiative a top...
As the owner of the second-largest economy in the world, China has made foreign investment inroads everywhere, from natural resources and infrastructure in the developing world to prime real estate such as the Waldorf Astoria in New York. However, recent...
Preventing the next terrorist attack is the primary objective of national security apparatus. With the scar of September 11 ingrained into the American consciousness, there is a societal pressure on leaders to ensure that the...
As Nathanial Heller, the director at the Results for Development Institute, reminds readers in a recent Foreign Affairs article, the issue of corruption—and the collective innovation employed to battle its sinister advances—is...
The Iran nuclear deal sparked an intense debate among experts, commentators, and U.S. officials about whether such a deal will ignite a nuclear arms race in the Middle East. The argument suggests that the nuclear deal...
Liberté, égalité, fraternité. This is the motto of France. It is written in the French constitution under Article 2, and it is the maxim to which the French adhere. The French are proud of this as they believe that their country...
On September 3, China and the United States signed the Paris Climate Agreement, bringing the reality of its implementation that much closer. When 55 countries that together generate at least 55% of the world’s emissions...
Although the Silk Road Fund has been well financed, many of the infrastructure projects have met significant obstacles. Will China see this aspiration of regional trading unity become a reality? China has made the “One Belt, One...
Over the past two years, Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza has survived a coup attempt, purged his government of dissenting voices, and won reelection to a third term after disregarding his country’s constitution and brutally...
The historic ratification, made on September 3rd by the United States and China, comes less than a year after 195 countries agreed at the 21st Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change...
The European Commission ruled that Apple should pay retroactive taxes to the Irish government for alleged tax avoidance over the last decade. What makes this case unusual is the fact that Ireland doesn’t want the money, and both...
As the owner of the second-largest economy in the world, China has made foreign investment inroads everywhere, from natural resources and infrastructure in the developing world to prime real estate such as the Waldorf Astoria in...