ፍትህ ለሁሉም / Justice for All
As it did in 2016, Donald Trump’s presidency has prompted commentators in and outside Washington to reflect on the direction of U.S. foreign policy. Questions abound over how Trump will deal with China and Russia, as well as India and emerging powers in the global South. U.S. foreign policy is headed into a period of …
In the days since the January 19 cease-fire in Gaza, many Israelis have found themselves in an emotional storm almost as powerful as the shock of Hamas’s October 7, 2023, massacre. The difference, of course, is that this time the storm is driven not by sorrow and unspeakable horror but by joy and—for the first …
Pax Americana is gone. Born with the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, the U.S.-led international rules-based order died with the second inauguration of Donald J. Trump. The president has long maintained that this order disadvantages the United States by saddling it with the burden of policing the globe and enabling its …
Even though they have already witnessed four years of a Donald Trump presidency, analysts have little certainty about how Trump plans to approach most countries in his second term. That’s exactly how he likes it. Since first running for president in 2016, Trump has positioned himself as an unpredictable leader and argued that doing so …
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Brian Klaas will explore how our world really works, driven by strange interactions and random events. How much difference does our decision to hit the snooze button make? Did one couple’s vacation really change the course of the twentieth century? What are the smallest accidents that have tilted the course of history itself? Watch the …
Afer more than a decade o meetings, studies, and recommendations on the potential orrevitalizing the US nuclear power enterprise, today’s message rom the nuclear community isclear: unexpected new energy demands, and the unconventional business models that comewith them, offer the best prospect in decades or delivering on new nuclear’s promise. Ithese new opportunities are cultivated, …
As geopolitical tensions, technological changes, and a resurgent protectionism transform global trade, developing countries are finding it harder to replicate the export-driven growth miracles of the past. Fostering sustainable development in this new environment will require pragmatic, forward-looking solutions. Read More
Monopoly is a powerful thing, particularly where economic ideas are concerned. If economists are to solve the problems that people care about, they must stop treating production as an afterthought and accept – as all other natural and social sciences have – that theories of equilibrium are a comforting nineteenth-century relic. AUSTIN – In a remarkable catalogue …
From threats to pursue his “enemies” to an apparent commitment to cementing plutocracy in America, Donald Trump’s second term will again test the resilience of the US constitutional order. And this time, he has not only full control of Congress, but also a Supreme Court ruling guaranteeing his immunity from criminal prosecution for official acts …