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[Ivo Daalder] Remedies for stronger American democracy

Jan 19, 2021

“What’s going on over there?” The question from a former NATO colleague in Europe was among the many texts and WhatsApp messages that lit up my phone Jan. 6 as I watched on live television the astoni...
[Joseph E. Stiglitz] Where does America go from Trumpian chaos?

Jan 18, 2021

The assault on the US Capitol by President Donald Trump’s supporters, incited by Trump himself, was the predictable outcome of his four-year assault on democratic institutions, aided and abetted by s...
[Karl W. Smith] Biden‘s COVID-19 relief plan isn’t overkill

Jan 18, 2021

The US never fully recovered from the Great Recession. One of the benefits of the $1.9 trillion COVID relief package unveiled Thursday night by President-elect Joe Biden is that -- in addition to hel...
[Serendipity] An ode to office

Jan 15, 2021

There was a spring in my step as I walked up the stairs to the office after the longest stretch away since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. Hollering “Best health for the new year!” to security...
[Robert J. Fouser] Trump’s self-coup fails

Jan 15, 2021

Pandemic weary Americans entered 2021 with hope for better times but found those hopes dashed. On Jan. 6, as a mob of insurrectionists, incited by Trump, stormed the US Capitol in an attempt to halt ...
[Ana Palacio] The city on a hill besieged

Jan 14, 2021

In 1940, with Europe gripped by a war from which the United States remained aloof, US President Franklin Delano Roosevelt declared that the country needed to be “the great arsenal of democracy.” He m...
[Kim Myong-sik] Who would like a weaker prosecution, stronger police?

Jan 14, 2021

While all people had their souls tied with the daily outbreaks of COVID-19, a major reform in the law enforcement system was stealthily carried out in South Korea. Ordinary people are not well inform...
Science has delivered, will WTO deliver?

Jan 13, 2021

A proposal by India, South Africa and eight other countries calls on the World Trade Organization to exempt member countries from enforcing some patents and other intellectual property rights under t...
[Mohamed A. El-Erian] Treasury yields flash a warning sign

Jan 13, 2021

US government bond yields have registered some notable moves in the first few days of 2021. Should they continue on their current pace, they risk causing headaches for both policymakers and stock inv...
[Kim Seong-kon] What will we reap ‘Five Years Later’?

Jan 13, 2021

The city government of Seoul has recently come under fire for its “guidelines” for pregnant women who are preparing to give birth. The guidelines say that before going to the hospital, a pregnant wom...
[Leonid Bershidsky] The US Capitol riot wasn’t a gift to Putin

Jan 12, 2021

US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called Wednesday’s rioting at the Capitol “the biggest gift to Putin” from President Donald Trump. Glee from pro-Putin commentators in Moscow would seem to bear out that...
[Kent Harrington] The return of US intelligence

Jan 12, 2021

Tradition has it that when less-than-beloved CIA station chiefs are transferred from their posts abroad, their long-suffering staff celebrate with a wheels-up party. If tradition still holds, champag...
[Gang Eun Ho] Future of SK’s defense industry and challenges of KF-X

Jan 12, 2021

South Korea has established itself as the world’s 11th-largest exporter in the field of defense, with its exponential development centered on firepower, aviation, maneuvers, and shipbuilding. Its glo...
[J. Bradford DeLong] What next for the MAGA insurrection?

Jan 11, 2021

When people stormed the Bastille in Paris on July 14, 1789, their purpose was to free inmates whom they saw as political prisoners of the monarchy. And when Frenchwomen marched from Paris to Versaill...
[Angela Zhang] In China, behave or face a campaign

Jan 11, 2021

With the debacle of Ant Group’s initial public offering, we’ve witnessed a flurry of legislative and enforcement activities aimed at tightening antitrust regulation within the Chinese tech sector. Th...