September 26, 2019
ChinaThe Chinese Communist Party has used arbitrary detention to maintain power since the People’s Republic of China was founded seventy years ago.
August 13, 2019
Hong KongAs protesters in Hong Kong use increasingly creative means to demand change, the possibility that Beijing will respond with force is growing.
June 19, 2019
Hong KongThe bill’s future remains uncertain, but no amendments can change the ugly reality of shipping anyone off to Beijing’s incommunicado torture chambers, its denial of competent legal defenders, and its…
December 17, 2015
United StatesAlan Greenspan discusses the U.S. economy.
December 3, 2014
Today Alan Gross will begin his sixth year in a Cuban prison. His "crime" was to deliver to the minuscule Cuban Jewish community some communications equipment supplied by the United States. The Cuba…
September 17, 2019
Public Health Threats and PandemicsOpioid addiction in the United States has reached epidemic proportions, threatening not only public health but economic output and national security.
October 2, 2017
PhilippinesSecretary Alan Peter Cayetano discusses the Philippines’ foreign policy strategy under President Rodrigo Roa Duterte, the country’s regional role in southeast Asia, and the relationship between the U…
December 17, 2014
CubaThere is wonderful news this morning: that Alan Gross is finally free, out of a Cuban prison and back on American soil. For his family, this is the answer to prayers and the right outcome to a long s…
August 13, 2019
ChinaChina really did manipulate its currency before the global crisis. It really doesn't do so now. But how China's manages its currency still matters for the global economy.
November 16, 2012
CubaAlan Gross is a former USAID contractor who has been in a Cuban jail since December 3, 2009. The most recent reports are that he has lost 105 pounds while in prison, and may well be suffering from u…