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[Michael Schuman] What North Korea could learn from Vietnam

Vietnam is more than a convenient neutral site for the second summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un, which is slated for later this month. The Southeast Asian...

Feb 18, 2019
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[Anjani Trivedi and Shuli Ren] China’s default wave spares the biggest fish

Brace yourself: A growing number of hard-up Chinese borrowers are not making good on their debts. The pattern is all too familiar. After a record year of defaults in 2018, two big issuers failed to...

Feb 18, 2019
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[Leonid Bershidsky] Europeans grow tired of US-led alliance

As the US-led world order continues to fall apart, second-tier powers are trying to salvage what they can. But in Germany and France, at least, voters don’t really want the US to be part of the proce...

Feb 18, 2019
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[Gina Barreca] Perils of going online in the middle of the night

Whatever you’re doing out of a sense of desperation at 2 a.m., odds are that it’s not going to be one of your healthiest choices. Last week, I wasn’t feeling well and couldn’t sleep. Not wanting to...

Feb 18, 2019
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[Editorial] Forestall tariff on cars

US sees imported cars as threat to security; Korea should not be too optimistic

Feb 18, 2019
Editorial
[David Ignatius] Trump’s red line turning blue

President Trump has been insisting for so long that any investigation of his personal finances would cross a “red line” that people may have overlooked the outrageousness of his claim. But this self-...

Feb 17, 2019
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[Noah Feldman] Democrats’ compromise strengthens case for wall ‘emergency’

In retrospect, it seems obvious that President Donald Trump would want to have his cake and eat it, too. That’s essentially what he was doing Friday by both signing a government funding bill that pro...

Feb 17, 2019
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[Justin Fendos] Government fails at public relations

I asked some university students a few weeks ago about President Moon’s economic policies. By far, the most common response was: “I don’t know what they are doing.” Because this statement was made wi...

Feb 17, 2019
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[Sasha Fisher] Democracy beyond voting and protests

For over a decade now, we have witnessed more elections and, simultaneously, less democracy. According to Bloomberg, elections have been occurring more frequently around the world. Yet Freedom House ...

Feb 17, 2019
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[Editorial] Kim in Vietnam

NK leader should learn from the path former communist ally has taken

Feb 17, 2019
Editorial
[Cass R. Sunstein] Case for curbing social media getting stronger

The US government should not regulate social media. It should stay far away from Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram and the rest. Any regulatory effort might well violate the First Amendment. Even...

Feb 17, 2019
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[Editorial] Worsening employment

Fundamental policy shift needed to create more jobs over long term

Feb 14, 2019
Editorial
[David Ignatius] Trump, Kim could make world safer

The showy first summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un last June was draped in flags and bunting, but the decoration covered what turned out to be a mostly empty...

Feb 14, 2019
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[Joseph E. Stiglitz] How can we tax footloose multinationals?

In the last few years, globalization has come under renewed attack. Some of the criticisms may be misplaced, but one is spot on: Globalization has enabled large multinationals, like Apple, Google, an...

Feb 14, 2019
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[Rachel Marsden] US should resist urge to use mercenaries

US President Donald Trump has expressed a clear aversion to war. As he said in his recent State of the Union address, “As a candidate for president, I pledged a new approach. Great nations do not fig...

Feb 14, 2019
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