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[Dylan Selterman] Climate change and the ‘tragedy of the commons’

In 2015, a student tweeted about an extra credit activity in my psychology course, igniting a discussion about the “tragedy of the commons” -- the idea that when masses of people engage in excessive ...

Jan 20, 2019
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[Michael Schuman] China built a big, beautiful wall, too. It failed.

From the moment he launched his campaign for president, Donald Trump compared the barrier he wanted to build along the US southern border to China’s Great Wall. With the US government now shuttered b...

Jan 20, 2019
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[Alex Webb] If Google and LG like smart TVs, so should the privacy police

The world’s tech police have the opportunity to succeed in televisions where they initially failed with the rest of the connected world, and ensure that users retain a firm grasp on their data. Smar...

Jan 20, 2019
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[David Ignatius] Trump has squandered opportunity his populist campaign offered

US President Donald Trump is giving an unintentional gift to the burgeoning field of Democratic presidential candidates: He is teaching them how they can win. Trump’s failure as president is that he...

Jan 17, 2019
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[David Lubin] How US monetary policy has tamed China

Chinese leaders do like their slogans, and where foreign policy is concerned, two have reflected Beijing’s thinking in recent times. The first is the cautious principle of tao guang yang hui, usually...

Jan 17, 2019
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[Kim Myong-sik] Why not scrap faulty campaign pledges?

During the 2017 presidential election following the exit of Park Geun-hye, candidate Moon Jae-in promised the relocation of the presidential office to the central Seoul location of Gwanghwamun from i...

Jan 16, 2019
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[Ana Palacio] Transatlantic leadership void

Transatlantic security today looks a lot like a ghost plane. With the “crew” incapacitated -- that is, bereft of ideas or leadership -- it is flying on autopilot until it inevitably hits something or...

Jan 16, 2019
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[Therese Raphael] Theresa May’s humbling offers a glimmer of hope

It was both a historic vote and a decisive defeat for the government. But while it was called a “meaningful vote,” parliament’s verdict on Theresa May’s Brexit deal Tuesday was actually anything but....

Jan 16, 2019
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[Noah Smith] China’s growth machine no longer looks unstoppable

China’s economy is slowing. The downturn may be the result of recent events -- the trade war with the US, or retrenchment in China’s real estate and infrastructure sectors. But it may also be the lat...

Jan 16, 2019
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[Robert B. Reich] On democracy and dictatorship

The wonderful thing about Donald Trump’s presidency -- I never thought I’d begin a column this way -- is that he brings us back to basics. The basic difference between a democracy and a dictatorship...

Jan 16, 2019
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[Robert J. Fouser] Strong measures needed to fight fine dust

The past weekend saw another wave of fine dust blanket Korea. Over the past 10 years, the frequency of waves of fine dust has increased steadily, causing people to worry about negative effects on pub...

Jan 15, 2019
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[Kim Seong-kon] Future of overseas students of Korean studies

I have taught English literature, comparative literature and Korean literature at American universities, such as Penn State, UC Berkeley and BYU, for over six years. Whenever I have taught English or...

Jan 15, 2019
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[Cass Sunstein] Trump’s emergency powers won’t get him a wall

Does President Donald Trump have the legal authority to declare a national emergency, and order the military to build a wall between Mexico and the United States? We are dealing with a novel questio...

Jan 15, 2019
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[Peter Singer] Too much gratitude?

Last November, Michael Bloomberg made what may well be the largest private donation to higher education in modern times: $1.8 billion to enable his alma mater, Johns Hopkins University, to provide sc...

Jan 15, 2019
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[Daniel Moss] Japan’s not back yet

Haruhiko Kuroda may rue the day he visited Nagoya. In a Nov. 5 speech to business leaders in the city, the Bank of Japan governor came close to declaring the end of deflation and the dawn of a new e...

Jan 15, 2019
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