Much of lasting significance happened in 1979. There was the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and Iran’s Islamic Revolution, which brought to power a regime...
One sign that an Indian general election is imminent, and that the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is readying its campaign pitch, is the government’s...
After the synchronized global economic expansion of 2017 came the asynchronous growth of 2018, when most countries other than the United States started to...
Throughout my life, I have seen the power of education. I have witnessed how quality education for all can support the creation of dynamic economies and...
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One of the great claims made for the euro was that it would rival the US dollar as a second global reserve currency. These hopes have failed to materialize....
Late last month, 56 years after French President Charles de Gaulle and German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer signed the Élysée Treaty, the current leaders of...
When I participated in the Chatham House/Daiwa Research Institute conference on the post-Brexit Japan-UK relationship in Tokyo last month, it was my first...