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February 17, 2023

South Korea
Beyond U.S. Credibility Concerns: Factors Driving the Nuclear Weapons Debate in South Korea

The public debate in South Korea over nuclear weapons reflects South Korean desires to have greater agency over their own security, shaped by factors beyond concerns over U.S. credibility.

South Korea's short-range surface-to-air missile system Chunma is seen during an anti-drone drill in Yangju, South Korea.

June 30, 2021

China
China’s Communist Party Turns 100: A Major Force in Global Governance, But Cracks Exist in the Xi Era

China’s Communist Party (CCP) celebrates its one hundredth anniversary in July, although the specific date of its founding remains a bit unclear. It has long outlived most of the world’s other commun…

A man walks past a light installation marking the one hundredth founding anniversary of the Communist Party of China at a hi-tech industrial park, in Beijing, China on June 23, 2021.

June 1, 2015

Israel
How Isolated Is Israel?

It’s common to hear about Israel’s growing isolation in the world, and UN votes are sometimes held up as evidence of this. The BDS movement, especially in Europe, is also adduced to show Israel’s inc…

April 20, 2017

Monetary Policy
The Combined Surplus of Asia and Europe Stayed Big in 2016

A long time ago I confessed that I like to read the IMF’s World Economic Outlook (WEO) from back to front. OK, I sometimes skip a few chapters. But I take particular interest in the IMF’s data tables…

The Combined Surplus of Asia and Europe Stayed Big in 2016

May 29, 2020

Cybersecurity
Cyber Week in Review: May 29, 2020

Twitter checks Trump on mail-in voting tweets; Trump signs executive order limiting protections for online platforms; Amnesty International discovers vulnerability in Qatar’s contact tracing app; U.S…

Graduates set next to the Chinese flag during a graduation ceremony.