US & Americas

The electric grid has been classified as one of the largest and most complex machines in the world and ranks first as the “Greatest Engineering Achievements of the 20th Century” by the National Academy of Engineering. Delicately balancing…

The bombardment of the Gaza Strip by Israeli artillery has been described by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as required to “restore calm in the state of Israel”. This follows days of protests by Palestinians regarding an Israeli…

I well remember sitting through my dreaded methods class at St. Andrews, as I climbed the greasy pole towards my Ph.D. My brilliant professor, a man who was passionate about the art of thinking, told us a story about causation that has…

Just three-quarters of a century ago, the US charge d’affaires in Moscow, George Kennan, wrote a famous lengthy telegram, that was anonymous at the time, to explain to decision makers and the American public how the Soviet Union - an enemy…

L’escalation di violenza in Israele e Gaza non è una buona notizia per gli Stati Uniti. Gli scontri di queste settimane sono dovuti al divieto di raduno alla porta di Damasco durante il Ramadan e, dopo che le restrizioni sono state…