A New Target For North Korean Extortion

April 17, 2013

China’s growing wealth gives North Korea a new piggy bank to rattle. Seoul and Washington are no longer the only targets.

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Hope Versus History Following A Strongman’s Death

March 12, 2013

We can hope for democratic and economic reform in Venezuela after Chavez’s death, but history gives us little reason to expect it.

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Bringing China’s Cyberspooks In From The Cold

March 5, 2013

It’s time to raise the price China pays for assaulting Western computers and stealing intellectual property.

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Congressional Influence Peddling In Exotic Locales

February 27, 2013

Foreign governments picked up the tab for hundreds of exotic trips by congressional staff. Ethics rules make it perfectly legal.

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Middle East Shadowboxing

November 27, 2012

Hamas was acting as Iran’s proxy in its recent fight with Israel. It did nothing to advance the Palestinian cause.

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Commerce Department Goes Dollar-Bill Green

May 30, 2012

A new tariff threatens to turn down the lights on solar power, just when things were looking brighter.

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On Chinese Currency, Be Careful What You Wish For

April 17, 2012

As China lets the Yuan trade more freely, we risk losing the dollar’s strategic advantages.

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Europe Has Pneumonia; China Catches A Cold

March 8, 2012

Global economies are not marching in volatile lockstep. That’s a healthy development as Europe comes down with economic pneumonia.

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Reading The Reactions To North Korea

December 23, 2011

Varied reactions to Kim Jong Il’s death should remind us which countries are our true friends in the world, and which are not.

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Skewed Priorities: The Climate Lobby’s Call For $100 Billion A Year

December 22, 2011

Poor nations could buy a lot with $100 billion, but not if it is earmarked for climate change rather than more pressing problems.

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