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By Dimitri Gkiokas, Special to CNN Editor's note: Dimitri Gkiokas is a banker who now lives in Germany. The views expressed are his own. "Can you believe these things happened just 150 years ago?!" exclaimed a young voice behind me. Lincoln had just finished in a Parisian cinema. I was not surprised by the audience's [...]
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By Haider Mullick, Special to CNN Editor's note: Haider Mullick is a fellow at Tufts University, the Institute for Social Policy and Understanding and a lecturer at the Naval Postgraduate School. The views expressed are his own. Last week, evil visited Boston. In the ensuing weeks and months we will debate preventing and fighting terrorism. [...]
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By Jason Miks After weeks of escalating rhetoric, tensions between North Korea and the United States appear to be easing. But what prompted Pyongyang's recent provocative statements? How well did the U.S. handle the threats? And what role has China played? James Schoff (@SchoffJ), a senior associate on the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace's Asia [...]
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By Veronica Kitchen, Special to CNN Editor's note: Veronica Kitchen is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Waterloo and the Balsillie School of International Affairs. The views expressed are her own. News that the Royal Canadian Mounted Police's "Project Smooth" foiled an alleged terrorist plot in Canada was greeted in some quarters [...]
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By Fareed Zakaria Didn't we just take care of spiraling health care costs with Obamacare? Afraid not, writes Michael Kinsley in the New Republic. "The big flaw in President Obama's health care reform, as everybody is now beginning to realize, is that it does almost nothing that would actually make health care less expensive. It [...]
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By Wesley Wark, Special to CNN Editor's note: Wesley Wark is a Canadian expert on security, intelligence and terrorism issues and visiting professor at the University of Ottawa's Graduate School of Public and International Affairs. He served for two terms on the Canadian prime minister's Advisory Council on National Security. The views expressed are his [...]
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By Gareth Price, Special to CNN Editor's note: Gareth Price is senior research fellow on the Asia Program at Chatham House. The views expressed are his own. The EU's announcement Monday that it is lifting sanctions against Myanmar, following their suspension last year, poses some important questions about the country's future political and economic development [...]
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By Juan Carlos Botero, Special to CNN Editor's note: Juan Carlos Botero is executive director of the World Justice Project, a global nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing the rule of law. The views expressed are his own. Africa is at a critical juncture when it comes to the rule of law. Countries like Malawi are [...]
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By Michael Mazza, Special to CNN Editor's note: Michael Mazza is a research fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. The views expressed are his own. The release of China's biennial defense white paper has been getting some press for its revelations about the People's Liberation Army's force structure. Chinese media outlet Xinhua, for example, reported [...]
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By Global Pubic Square staff We've been watching one of the world's key economic indices collapse. It dropped 13 percent in two days. Over the last two years, it's down 20 percent. And here's the strangest part - this might be very good news for the global economy. What is it that has been falling? [...]
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