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January 20, 2022
Economics
Robert E. Rubin: The Challenges and Future of Capitalism in the United States
There are many critical challenges for the U. S. economy that markets, by their nature, will not address. In this sense, the future of American capitalism thus depends on the future of American polit…
September 6, 2019
Zimbabwe
Good Riddance to Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe
During his thirty-seven years in power in Zimbabwe, he committed virtually every human rights violation there is. His hands were awash in the blood of Zimbabweans. Fanning and exploiting racial and class differences, he destroyed the country’s economy, once on the cusp of being one of Africa’s most developed, driving out commercial white farmers. By the time he died, Zimbabwe was an international pariah, an economic basket case, and many or most of the country’s most educated and productive citizens had left the country.
May 24, 2023
Technology and Innovation
Artificial Intelligence Enters the Political Arena
Politics is one of the latest industries shaken up by AI, the use of artificially generated content in campaigns could spell trouble for candidates and voters alike in the fight against mis- and disi…
May 24, 2023
Women and Women's Rights
Artificial Intelligence Enters the Political Arena
Politics is one of the latest industries shaken up by AI, the use of artificially generated content in campaigns could spell trouble for candidates and voters alike in the fight against mis- and disi…
September 22, 2011
United States
Confirm Robert Ford
New U.S. ambassador Robert Ford (R) talks with Syria's President Bashar al-Assad after presenting his credentials to Assad, in Damascus January 27, 2011 (Courtesy Reuters/SANA). The United States Se…
November 28, 2017
Zimbabwe
Two Wives, One Robert Mugabe
The Zimbabwe coupmakers are placing all the blame on Robert Mugabe's wife. Grace, however, was known for her shopping, not her politics, and her husband likely used her to try to hold on to power.
May 23, 2017
Sub-Saharan Africa
Health Watch: Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe
South African media is reporting that Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe, 93, has “worsening health problems.” Apparently, his wife Grace “is in a quandary: she has to deal with Mugabe’s health challen…
August 15, 2011
Syria
Should Robert Ford Be Confirmed?
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee held a rump confirmation for Robert Ford on August 2, attended amazingly enough by only one senator. (The rest had gone home after the debt ceiling vote.) But e…
October 6, 2012
Iran
Robert Gates and Israel: There He Goes Again
This past week, former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates told an audience in Norfolk, Virginia that an American or Israeli strike on the Iranian nuclear sites would be "catastrophic" and that America…
December 5, 2011
Sub-Saharan Africa
Robert Mugabe’s Health
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe (R) listens as Finance Minister Tendai Biti delivers his budget speech in parliament in Harare, November 24, 2011. (Philimon Bulawayo/Courtesy Reuters) Succession …
