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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 18, 2013

China
Friday Asia Update: Top Five Stories for the Week of October 18, 2013

Will Piekos and Sharone Tobias look at the top five stories in Asia this week. 1. India, China near border deal. Diplomats from Beijing and New Delhi are finalizing a border defense cooperation pact…

Women in kimonos stand at the Yasukuni Shrine during the Annual Autumn Festival in Tokyo on October 18, 2013. (Toru Hanai/Courtesy Reuters

August 2, 2017

Terrorism and Counterterrorism
Despite Progress, Combating Terrorist Exploitation of Cyberspace Faces Mounting Problems

This week, UK Home Secretary Amber Rudd meets with Silicon Valley to discuss efforts to combat the Islamic State online. She faces an uphill battle.

Islamic State

May 29, 2015

United States
You Might Have Missed: Assassination Plots, Drone Strikes, and Women Special Operators

Memorandum From the President’s Counselor (Marsh) to President Ford, Foreign Relations of the United States 1917-1972, Volume XXXVIII, Part 2, Document 55, U.S. Department of State Office of the Hist…

Female Soldier Afghanistan

July 10, 2019

Women and Women's Rights
Women on the Blockchain: Moving Beyond “Blockchain Bros”

Cryptocurrencies have the potential to radically alter the world's financial systems. But could they also upend inequality?

A Filipino guest demonstrates a blockchain-based remittance solution between Hong Kong and the Philippines during a news conference in Hong Kong, China, June 25, 2018.