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July 12, 2023

Israel
The Daily Interference in Israel's Internal Affairs

The Biden administration continues to interfere in Israel's internal debate over the role of the judiciary, most recently adding unfair criticism of how demonstrations are being handled by police.

November 23, 2023

Climate Change
Defunding Climate Action: What’s at Stake in GOP Cuts to International Aid

Under Republican leadership, the House of Representatives is doubling down on their efforts to slash U.S. funding for gender equality initiatives—and climate justice hangs in the balance.  

Women throw earthen pitchers onto the ground in protest against the shortage of drinking water outside the municipal corporation office in Ahmedabad, India, May 16, 2019.

May 28, 2015

Israel
Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, and the Question of Hamas, Gaza, and Israel

Amnesty International has just issued a report on human rights violations by Hamas in Gaza during last year’s conflict between Hamas and Israel.  It has garnered a great deal of attention, in part be…

October 4, 2013

Sub-Saharan Africa
Amnesty International on Student and Teacher Killings in Northern Nigeria

The horror of student and teacher killings in Nigeria is amplified by Amnesty International’s almost clinical recounting and enumerating of their deaths at the hands of radical jihadists. Its report,…

Africa - Nigeria Explosion at School

September 13, 2023

United States
Rethinking International Subsidies Could Cool Trade Tensions

Massive government spending in semiconductors and climate threatens to provoke a costly trade war; a new set of rules could change that.

Solar panels are set up in the solar farm at the University of California, Merced, in Merced, California, U.S. August 17, 2022.

October 8, 2023

China
Can China Reduce Its Internal Balances Without Renewed External Imbalances?

The rest of the world has a big stake in whether China responds to the demand drag from its construction and real estate slump with looser monetary policy or with direct stimulus to households.

Can China Reduce Its Internal Balances Without Renewed External Imbalances?