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Bloomberg: Trump's Obama-Wiretap Claim

Ben Brody, Jennifer Jacobs, and Justin Sink March 7, 2017
The essence of good surveillance requires those under observation not realizing an operation is underway. US President Donald Trump released social-media messages maintaining, without offering evidence, that he had just learned former President Barack Obama had ordered surveillance of Trump Tower in New York City. The messages force the Federal Bureau of Investigation and other security officials...

Newsweek: How Trump Is Fueling ISIS

Kurt Eichenwald March 6, 2017
Terrorist groups issue propaganda to identify and recruit marginalized citizens of developed nations. The United States is now making such recruiting easy with attempts to ban immigrants from six Muslim-majority nations and interrogating Muslims, even citizens, who enter the United States. “…. counterterrorism experts have understood that countering … propaganda has been among the most essential...

Independent: European Parliament Votes to End Visa-Free Travel for Americans

Jon Sharman March 6, 2017
The European Union expects consistent treatment by other nations for citizens of its member states. The European Parliament voted to end visa-free travel for Americans within the EU, after the United States “failed to agree to visa-free travel for citizens of five EU countries – Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Poland and Romania – as part of a reciprocity agreement.” The United States, Australia,...

The Asia-Pacific Journal, Japan Focus: US-Chinese Tensions in the Trump Era – The Pitfalls of Economic Codependency

Stephen S. Roach March 4, 2017
Strident rhetoric about competitors and rivals is common in US presidential campaigns, and the Trump administration has appinted a team whose "anti-China credentials are without modern precedent,” explains Stephen Roach, author and Yale faculty member for the Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus. “Its initial pronouncements point to a wide range of economic and political sanctions – from...

Project Syndicate: How Imports Boost Employment

Anne Krueger March 1, 2017
Trade – even imports – creates jobs in many ways, explains Anne Krueger, a former World Bank chief economist and a senior research professor of International Economics. Jobs include those associated with ports and retail sales as well as foreign direct investment. Companies that save money can direct more effort to innovation and R&D, and with the most efficient goods and services available,...

The Guardian: Teacher, Children’s Author and Citizen Stopped at US Border

February 28, 2017
The Trump administration promised extreme vetting to prevent terrorism. A first step was an attempt to ban travelers from seven Muslim nations, quickly blocked by courts. Still, travelers describe intrusive questions, delays and rude behavior from border agents, the Guardian reports. A British Muslim schoolteacher, traveling to New York for a school trip was in his words, “treated like a criminal...

Daily News & Analysis: After Kansas Shooting, Indians Jolted, But American Dream Alive

Heena Khandelwal February 27, 2017
International students represent a majority of graduate students in US higher-education for many engineering specialties as well as economics and computer science. Most students studying in the United States come from China followed by India; Indians receive more H1B visas than any other internationality. Skilled labor contributes to innovation and economic prosperity. A rise in anti-immigrant...