60 Results for:

February 25, 2019

Southeast Asia
Populism Might Not Be Ebbing

In early 2018, I wrote a short article for the Washington Post, arguing that the global populism wave would likely continue sweeping through countries that year—despite the fact that, at least in par…

Duterte_12.15.2018

January 4, 2011

China
Reviving American Innovation

A U.S. flag flutters in front of cooling towers at the Limerick Generating Station in Pottstown, Pennsylvania. (Kevin Lamarque/Courtesy Reuters) It is only the fourth day of the new year and I suspe…

US Flag in Front of Cooling Towers

October 12, 2012

Sub-Saharan Africa
Editorial Fires Shed Little Light

This is a guest post by Jim Sanders, a career, now retired, West Africa watcher for various federal agencies. The views expressed below are his personal views and do not reflect those of his former e…

A member of a self-defense militia trains northeast of the capital Bamako 20/07/2012.

January 28, 2007

Economics
Davos nights

Gideon Rachman seems to be having far more fun at Davos than the far more earnest Nouriel “still doom and gloom in an ever more complacent world” Roubini.    Just guessing.  I don’t know what Nouriel…

November 15, 2019

Election 2020
Campaign Foreign Policy Roundup: The Democratic Foreign Policy Establishment Embraces Joe Biden

Each Friday, I look at what the presidential challengers are saying about foreign policy. This week: endorsements for Joe Biden, U.S. troops, and new candidates.

Former Vice President Joe Biden speaks to a crowd after filing for the New Hampshire presidential primary on November 8.