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What Comes after Airstrikes on Syria?
It’s time for a ‘maximum pressure’ campaign like the one against North Korea.David AdesnikVia Twitter, where his candor is often remarkable, President Donald Trump has already warned that missiles...
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North Korea Is Sitting on $10,000,000,000,000 (in Mineral Wealth)
Here is how Pyongyang might make some much-needed cash.Anthony FensomPreviously, the regime has traded off its nuclear ambitions in return for international economic aid. The estimated $10 trillion in...
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America's Greatest Enemy Is Neither China nor Russia (It's Debt)
What happens if the United States can't pay down its debt?Joergen Oerstroem Moeller What looked possible some years ago have with recent economic policy decisions turned into a realistic scenario: the...
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Time for an Industrial-Policy Race, Not a Trade War
Instead of putting up trade barriers to protect select industries, the more competitive approach would be to learn from Asia’s recent past and invest strategically in key sectors.Shihoko GotoWariness...
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America's New Economy: To the Risk Takers Go the Spoils
When dynamism decelerates, wage gains are likely to falter.Samuel RinesSometimes, the grass is greener. Economists, perplexed by the lack of wage pressures generated by the current economy, were...
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Global Debt: The Next Great Financial Crisis?
The challenge ahead for governments, especially the United States, is that while economic growth remains strong, they need to go on a debt diet.Scott B. MacDonaldThe American president, Thomas...
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Don't Bet Against American Shale
Despite consuming more oil and gas than any other country in the world, the United States is on pace to become a net energy exporter before 2025.James CladJames GrantThe United States stands on the...
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Why a Trade War Shouldn't Wreck World Markets
Investors should choose clean financial statements over attempting to predict geopolitics.Todd RoyalGeopolitical spats taking place in Syria, tensions over China’s militarization of the South China...
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How China Will Benefit from a Trade War with America
A trade war with China will generate immense pressure on Beijing and companies in the short run, but allow it to stop relying on the overseas market in the long run.Huaiyin LiThe story of China’s rise...
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Trump’s High Stakes G-7 Gamble to Remake the World As It Is
The G-7 Summit and Donald Trump explained through the lens of 007. James RobertsWho could blame Donald Trump for leaving the G-7 early?Why would he willingly submit to a dismal dressing down by Justin...
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Trump's G-7 Mistake is Clear
President Trump’s belief that our trading partners have treated the United States “unfairly” and that open trade and investment have wiped out American jobs is destructive.Claude BarfieldLet’s face it,...
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Trump Turns Tide on Chinese Theft by Trade
After decades of artfully swindling American experts and businesses, the Chinese government is beginning to face a reckoning.Christian WhitonAfter decades of artfully swindling American experts and...
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The Unconventional Plan for Dealing With China
There are a variety of alternative ways that the U.S. military can influence Chinese foreign policy—ways that are not necessarily driven by the U.S. military.Hugh HarsonoMilitary-to-military...
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Without Reform and Cooperation with China, the International System Cannot Hold
The trick is to decide where compromise is acceptable for U.S. interests and to draw clear lines around principles where it is not.Timothy R. HeathMichael J. MazarrThe consensus is growing in...
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Why the Flu Shot Cannot Give You the Flu (And Why You Should Get One Now)
Flu vaccination prevents millions of flu-related illnesses and deaths annually, but vaccination rates are low for many reasons. During the 2018-2019 flu season, the Centers for Disease Control and...
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How a Deadly Pandemic Gave Rise to Man-Eating Zombies
Zombies have lurched to the center of Halloween culture, with costumes proliferating as fast as the monsters themselves. This year, you can dress as a zombie prom queen, a zombie doctor – even a zombie...
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Scary Fact: Vaccination Rates are Falling in Some States
As a pediatrician-scientist who develops new vaccines for neglected diseases, I spent most of my career in the Boston-Washington, D.C. corridor.While working in the Northeast, I had heard a few things...
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Is the Coronavirus Outbreak as Bad as SARS Or Worse?
As the new coronavirus continues to cross international borders, the two key questions on public health officials’ minds are: ‘How deadly is it?’ and ‘Can it be contained?’.The two outbreaks in recent...
View ArticleForget the Coronavirus: The Flu Pandemic of 1918 Killed More People in One...
Up until World War I, the ravages of disease in wartime regularly claimed far more lives than bullets, bayonets and cavalry sabers. Many histories readily remember the two hundred thousand soldiers...
View Article60% of Americans Will Skip Getting a Flu Shot This Year
The best way to protect against the flu is the flu vaccine. But even so, about 60% of Americans will skip getting a flu shot this year.This can be especially frustrating when it is a friend or loved...
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