Afghanistan Study Group Report Stirs Support and Debate in UK

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Before I was able to speak to the themes of the Afghanistan Study Group report of which I was a part at a major foreign policy conference titled the 2010 Global Leadership Forum sponsored by the Royal United Services Institute and the Princeton Project on National Security in London this past week, former UK Ambassador…

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.