The situation at the US-Mexico border is a crisis – but is it new?
Apr 04, 2021 23:35 pm UTC| Politics
The media create the impression that there is an unprecedented crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border, with droves of children arriving alone, as well as families flooding to the border. There is a crisis. But as a law...
The US just set ambitious offshore wind power targets – what will it take to meet them?
Apr 04, 2021 10:24 am UTC| Insights & Views
The United States offshore wind industry is tiny, with just seven wind turbines operating off Rhode Island and Virginia. The few attempts to build large-scale wind farms like Europes have run into long delays, but that may...
Japan to temporarily raise tariffs on US beef imports
Mar 18, 2021 23:55 pm UTC| Economy
Japan is raising tariffs on US beef imports from 25.8 percent to 38.5 percent for 30 days as volumes have exceeded levels under the Japan-US trade agreement for the fiscal year ending on March 31. The last time the...
Mar 18, 2021 14:35 pm UTC| Economy
In a post-Brexit world the UK is trying to navigate both a changing international security situation and the loss of unfettered access to its largest market. The new Integrated Review aims to provide answers to this...
The Commonwealth: rediscovering its radical voice could make it relevant again
Mar 08, 2021 07:38 am UTC| Insights & Views
The Commonwealth, an association of 54 countries in Africa, Asia, the Americas, Europe and the Pacific, has always been a rather mysterious organisation. It evolved gradually over the course of the 20th Century, making it...
Arab Spring: when the US needed to step up, it stood back – now, all eyes are on Biden
Feb 12, 2021 07:48 am UTC| Insights & Views
The tenth anniversary of the Arab Spring has been an opportunity for some to declare the protests a failure not least in the face of ongoing conflict in Syria, Libya, and Yemen. Looking back on those turbulent events, its...
The nuclear weapons ban treaty is groundbreaking, even if the nuclear powers haven't signed
Jan 22, 2021 07:27 am UTC| Law
Today, many around the world will celebrate the first multilateral nuclear disarmament treaty to enter into force in 50 years. The UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) was adopted at the United Nations...
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