Multinationals can sell products and services in more than 200 nations, and many, especially big technology firms, shift profits across borders to minimize tax bills. The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, which represents democracies, is reviewing global tax policies: one...
The US president signed an executive order US firms from using telecommunications equipment made by firms deemed to pose a national security threat and placed Huawei and 70 affiliates on an exports blacklist. The moves could disrupt Huawei’s march toward 5G technology and “likely ban the firm from...
Advocates of health-care reform in the US look to universal insurance coverage as means to improve the health care system. However, Jonathan Keller, professor of pediatrics and psychology at University of Southern California’s Keck School of Medicine argues that the real problem is the nature of...
Most discussions about the rising cost of health care emphasize the need to get more people insured. The assumption seems to be that insurance – rather than the service delivered by doctor to patient – is the important...
The US should be wary of progress in the Iranian nuclear standoff that could either be promising or illusory. Without discounting recent diplomatic achievements, Graham Allison, a former US defense official and a leading analyst of national security and nuclear weapons, cautions that US...
Tip of the iceberg? The world focuses on uranium conversion facilities like this one in Isfahan, but there are "known unknowns."
CAMBRIDGE, MA: For the first time since Iran walked away from negotiations with...
According to reviewer Alan Wolfe, Samuel Huntington’s distinguishing characteristic in previous books has been detached pragmatism. However, in Huntington's latest book, Who Are We? The Challenges to America’s National Identity, he delves into the issue of immigration to America with...
In the course of a remarkably distinguished academic career, Samuel Huntington has demonstrated a steadfast commitment to realism. Distaste for sentimentality is certainly on display in his best-known book, The Clash of...
Pakistan received substantial US military and financial aid since 2001, and the Trump administration canceled those payments in 2018, with the president suggesting that the country doesn't "do anything for us." Pakistan still has support from China, an ally since 1962, and Saudi...
Strategic anchor: The Pakistani port of Gwadar links Saudi and Chinese geo-economic interests, and Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan greets the Saudi crown prince
LONDON: A trilateral alliance of China-Pakistan-Saudi Arabia, driven by geo-economic...
Russia and the United States have sharp differences regarding arms control. Both have accused the other of violating the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty. Regarding longer-range strategic delivery vehicles, both are now considering a more comprehensive framework than previous agreements...
Time for stronger defense: US secretary of State Mike Pompeo met Russia’s President Vladimir Putin in Sochi to discuss new arms control; in 2018 Putin showed off plans for a new nuclear-delivery vehicle
WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’...
The war on Iraq has negatively affected the traffic on the international bridges between Southern Texas and Mexico, with substantially fewer travelers crossing the U.S.-Mexico border in the past two months. Making the situation worse, say some Texas-side business owners, are Mexico's decision...
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