Summer Davos in Tianjin: The US & China in a Messy Century?

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Watch live streaming video from worldeconomicforum at livestream.com For those interested in an interesting discussion about America’s bleak course, China’s rise, and global uncertainties — with some modest moments of optimism here and there — please enjoy this video segment from the Summer Davos meeting yesterday in Tianjin, China.

Evet It Is

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The big news in Istanbul this week is that Turkish voters approved in a referendum a set of 26 constitutional reforms put forth by the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) that fulfills some of the European Union’s human rights criteria, while also protecting the party from being closed by the judiciary (as nearly happened…

Jobs, Trade and Mercantalism: Dealing With Reality

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This is a guest note by Ralph Gomory, one of the nation’s leading thinkers about technology, innovation, and the productivity health of national economies. Gomory previously served as IBM’s Senior Vice President for Science and Technology and subsequently as the immediate past president of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.

Jobs, Trade and Mercantilism: Facing Reality

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This is a guest note by Ralph Gomory, one of the nation’s leading thinkers about technology, innovation, and the productivity health of national economies. Gomory previously served as IBM’s Senior Vice President for Science and Technology and subsequently as the immediate past president of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.

Note to Berliners: Dana Priest on US Military Intelligence Complex

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I’ve been a fan of the American Academy in Berlin for a long time — and though I’ve never been there as a fellow (maybe one day), it is a cool retreat for high quality American thinkers to engage European counterparts in salons, policy exercises and the like.

Do Arab & Muslim Lives Matter?

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When John Bolton, who now said he is considering a run for the US presidency, was set to testify in July 2006 before the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee during his failed effort to get the Senate to confirm his nomination as US Ambassador to the United Nations, I got an early copy of his…