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April 12, 2024

United States
The U.S.-Japan-Philippines Trilateral Was a Success, but Other Southeast Asian States Are Unlikely to Follow

The success of the U.S.-Japan-Philippines trilateral summit underscored the Joe Biden administration’s dedication to building partnerships in the Indo-Pacific, but Southeast Asian nations are less in…

Coast guard officers in blue shirts and navy pants walk past a coast guard vessel on a dock.

January 24, 2014

Europe and Eurasia
“The Euro Crisis Is Dead! Long Live the Euro Crisis!”

You’ve got to hand it to Mario Draghi.  Never in the history of central banking has one man accomplished so much with so few words and even less action. Since having announced the creation of the…

“The Euro Crisis Is Dead! Long Live the Euro Crisis!”

April 27, 2020

Ireland
Ireland Really Shouldn't be Driving the Details of the Euro Area's GDP Data

The euro area GDP data—thanks to Ireland—is increasingly telling us more about the tax strategies of large U.S. firms and less about the actual composition of activity in the euro area. Large investm…

Ireland Really Shouldn't be Driving the Details of the Euro Area's GDP Data

March 10, 2017

Sub-Saharan Africa
Yet Again, No Mo Ibrahim Prize Awarded

In February, the Ibrahim foundation announced that, yet again, it would not be awarding it’s famed Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership. Mo Ibrahim, a British-Sudanese telecom billiona…

Mo Ibrahim Final

December 18, 2020

Japan
Global Health Needs U.S.-Japan Partnership

James Gannon is the executive director of the Japan Center for International Exchange (JCIE/USA). For decades, the United States and Japan have touted their bilateral partnership on global health …

A healthcare worker wearing protective gear takes a swab sample from a boy to test him for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at an Institute for Health Research, Epidemiological Surveillance and Training (IRESSEF) testing center, in Dakar, Senegal