Countries throughout the Asia-Pacific region continue to pursue agreements like the Trans-Pacific Partnership, the Japan-China-Korea FTA, and the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) between ASEAN, Japan, China, Korea, India, Australia, and N ...
Since the 1893 Columbian Exposition, Chicago has maintained The Garden of the Phoenix in Jackson Park as a place where visitors can learn about Japan and experience Japanese culture, opening the doors for vibrant economic, political, and cultural exchange. ...
A significant change in American warfare has taken place away from the battlefields of Afghanistan and Iraq, in the corners of the world where large armies can’t go. Over the past decade, the increased usage of clandestine tactics – special ops, private as ...
The future of the European Union is hazy. The situation in the eurozone remains in flux, as illustrated by the latest crisis in Cyprus, and prolonged economic stagnation looms. Against this backdrop, Britain’s Prime Minister David Cameron announced in Janu ...
atlanta.JPG Anonymous's blog The American South races ahead, creating a society based on excellence, while the Midwest lags behind, mired in the tradition of a glorious past. Chicago excepted, of course. That’s the contention of Aaron Renn, who blog ...
Anonymous's blog The Great Recession has spawned a shelf of books, many of them good, on what went so wrong. So far this year, we’ve had at least two first-rate books on where we are now and what will happen next. MartinWolfThe first was Capital in t ...
Anonymous's blog The beheadings by ISIS of two American journalists can be called many things – medieval savagery, unconscionable cruelty, the pointless murders of two brave men. But one thing they are not is an attack on the United States that deman ...
Straddling the border of Russia and the EU, Ukraine boasts a broad industrial base, fertile farmlands, and a large and highly trained labor force. Its economy is projected to continue growing, according to the IMF, and the country’s international profile w ...
Canada and the United States have a long history of partnership and the two countries represent the largest trade relationship in the world. Energy security is an increasingly important factor on both sides of the border, especially as Canada has become th ...
The economic future of the Midwest rests in part on US immigration policy. The twin realities of a struggling industrial base and population decline demand a rethinking of how the country and region attracts and retains human capital. Join cochairs and mem ...
