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Obama’s Global Challenges

November 9, 2012
The US has the world’s largest economy and military and, like it or not, citizens around the world recognize that they must live with the presidential choice of US voters. Political analysts have estimated that US presidents tend to keep about 75 percent of their promises, and President Barack...

Now We Can Edit the Human Genome, The Question Is: Should We?

May 12, 2015
Researchers in Guangzhou wrote a scientific paper about editing the DNA of a non-viable human embryo for the journal Protein and Cell. The news was met with trepidation. Researchers are eager for tools to cure genetic diseases, but others label the methods as unethical. The researchers, examining...

Islamic State Has Erased the Line Between Foreign and Domestic Policy

April 25, 2016
The rise of the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq, both as security threat and driver of desperate refugees, has erased the line between foreign and domestic policy for the United States and Europe, explains author Nader Mousavizadeh for Reuters. He argues that a crisis of confidence challenges...

Can Iran’s Accelerating Nuclear Program Be Stopped?

March 10, 2010
Iran appears to have stepped up its efforts to produce a nuclear weapon amid new information about its level of technological expertise and its dealings with North Korea, according to nonproliferation expert Leonard S. Spector. Iran has been able to enrich uranium to the 19.75 percent level, a...

Debate on Intellectual Property

October 14, 2002
Based on the economic history of the United States, Taiwan, South Korea, and other nations, the borrowing of ideas – and the making of improvements upon them – is essential to building strong domestic industries. Each of these countries owes a great deal of its economic success today to earlier...

Netanyahu Should Step Down: Economist

March 23, 2019
Recent charges of bribery, fraud, and breach of trust against Binyamin Netanyahu have drawn the Israeli prime minister into tangled public controversy as opponents and critics call for his resignation. As a recent article for the Economist observes, “Netanyahu refuses to go.” From all indications,...

US Policy on Russia Aims for Iran

September 13, 2018
Russia interfered in the 2016 US presidential election. Foreign leaders and members of Congress have since focused their attention on Donald Trump’s Russia policies and may be neglecting other national security challenges. “The intense scrutiny placed on Trump and collusion has created a political...

Book Review: Speaking Up

February 11, 2019
Gillian Triggs served as president of the Australian Human Rights Commission for five years, vehemently defending the rights of indigenous people, asylum seekers and refugees. Indigenous people represent just over 3 percent of Australia’s population of 24 million, and the number of refugees and...
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