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China Could Cut US Debt Holdings: SCMP

May 7, 2020
As tensions between the United States and China rise, analysts point out that China could reduce its holdings of US treasury securities. The United States borrows heavily to pay for its Covid-19 response, and the administration blames China for the pandemic. News reports suggest that some US...

The US and China: Friends or Foes? – Part I

April 18, 2006
The US and China are parties to the world’s most important bilateral relationship, and this two-part series analyzes the challenges and opportunities confronting two world powers. In the first article, China scholar David Shambaugh presents a litany of issues that bedevil their relations. From...

Soccer “Match for Peace”

August 19, 2004
Only a few months ago, Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide was ousted in a bloody revolt and peacekeepers sanctioned by the United Nations descended upon the country to restore order. Among the international forces was a large contingent of Brazilian troops. A different group of Brazilians,...

Wavier Jet Stream “May Drive Weather Shift”

February 18, 2014
Politicians have long assumed that they have plenty of time to cope with the onslaught of climate change, and scientists claim it is too early to link a wavering jet stream with this winter’s extreme weather in the northern hemisphere. Yet ordinary people should consider that climate change...

Changing Climate's Irreversible Devastation for the Seas

October 29, 2010
Evidence of rapid climate change abounds in scientific research and routine observations. Yet policymakers are slow to act. Legislators and researchers attending international gatherings such as the 10th Conference of Parties for the Convention on Biological Diversity in Japan label climate change...

The Nation: Four Years Is All We Have

September 18, 2018
Weather events like Typhoon Mangkhut and Hurricane Florence that deliver loss of life and unprecedented damage should prompt community leaders to prepare for climate change. Some regions, especially coastal communities, face greater risk. “The United Nations and environmentalists are urging...

The Search for a Past

January 12, 2017
An estimated 140,000 Chinese children were adopted by families in the United States, Europe and elsewhere after China opened to the world in the 1990s while maintaining a one-child policy to eliminate poverty. Many of the children, now young adults, and birth parents search for one another. Cathy...

The Atlantic: “CNN Effect” Dies in Syria

March 1, 2018
Broadcasts of atrocities can prompt government action. While research has not confirmed a positive link, analysts suggest that 1990s reporting from Iraq, Somalia and Bosnia contributed to public expectations for US intervention. Despite an abundance of real-time reporting, the CNN effect may be a...
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