One of the most obvious policy initiatives that the United States could undertake right now is is to seriously up the amount of help being given Mexico to bolster security along the US-Mexican border and to help to reform the Mexican judicial system.  We started this process last year with the Merida Initiative, but the […]

One of the most obvious policy initiatives that the United States could undertake right now is is to seriously up the amount of help being given Mexico to bolster security along the US-Mexican border and to help to reform the Mexican judicial system. We started this process last year with the Merida Initiative, but the […]

There is a pervasive sense of unreality in Washington about the nature and scale of the economic crisis facing the United States and the world. The Obama Administration seems to be proceeding on the assumption that the problem in the US financial sector is still one of illiquidity rather than insolvency, and that the task […]

There is a pervasive sense of unreality in Washington about the nature and scale of the economic crisis facing the United States and the world. The Obama Administration seems to be proceeding on the assumption that the problem in the US financial sector is still one of illiquidity rather than insolvency, and that the task […]

Some truths about the relationship between policymaking and intelligence.

To Western development experts, Africa remains a puzzle box of failure. But it’s really no puzzle: Africa is rich; only its politics are poor.

The global dimension of the U.S. war on drugs needs downsizing.

During the Cold War, a loosely confederated intelligence community was enough to counter the lumbering, bureaucratic Warsaw Pact. But in the age of globalization, U.S. Intelligence needs to operate as a single, networked enterprise.

Hollywood-produced movies like Kung Fu Panda paint Chinese culture in a positive light for all the world to see, which has Beijing wondering, “Why can’t we do that?”

What does the rise of mixed martial arts (MMA) say about American culture? And is it barbaric human cockfighting or a noble sport?