China is running a persistent current account surplus, one that could be larger than officially reported (the huge tourism deficit looks a bit suspicious). If China paid off all its external debt,…

Two years ago, I posted my picks for "The Twenty Best Vietnam Protest Songs." I compiled the list as part of a series of posts commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of the first U.S. combat troops a…

Kenyan troop stand guard at the Garrisa airstrip near the Somali-Kenyan border October 18, 2011. (Stringer/Courtesy Reuters) This is a guest post by Mohamed Jallow. He is an interdepartmental associ…