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With the notable exceptions of Woodrow Wilson’s second term and Franklin Roosevelt’s third and fourth, all modern American presidents have been elected primarily to deal with domestic problems. The adage attributed to former House Speaker…

To misquote Douglas MacArthur, ‘Old institutions don’t die, they just fade away.’ Sadly in international relations most organizations that have outlived their usefulness continue to solider on, saved only by bureaucratic inertia and the…

My sister in West Africa asked if I could help her purchase a video game subscription for her son’s birthday by using her credit card. The game company could detect that she was using a computer in Africa and wouldn’t process an American…

Asian economies are weathering the present global crisis but long-term gains will be possible only if governments use the opportunity to carry out more reforms. It has been almost exactly two years since Bear Stearns  & Company ignited…

La Commissione europea, il cui mandato scade alla fine di quest’anno – il 31 ottobre secondo il calendario ufficiale, ma con la possibilità di aggiustamenti marginali alla luce degli sviluppi del previsto secondo referendum irlandese sul…