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A Bad US–China Trade Deal Might Lead to Good Things for the WTO
- Analysis
- March 2, 2019
When President Donald Trump announced that the United States was going to delay hiking tariffs on Chinese goods, investors breathed a sigh of relief. Here was a reduction in the risk of an escalation in the trade spat between the world’s two economic giants, and an increase in the likelihood of an agreement that would
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Punishment or Banishment?
- Analysis
- February 22, 2019
So-called jihadi brides are in the news, accused of supporting terrorism by having travelled to ISIS territory to marry ISIS fighters in support of the caliphate. Three Western states are implicated: the UK, the US, and Canada. UK citizen Shemima Begum left the UK four years ago, when she was 15 years old, and surfaced
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“Nothing to Lose”: The Daily Struggles of Venezuelans
- Analysis
- February 5, 2019
By Rosana Lezama Sanchez Venezuelan emigrants always talk about how much they miss the country they left behind. I returned to Caracas in August of 2018, but I too miss Venezuela. The Venezuela that I grew up in was certainly no better than the one my parents grew up in, but no one imagined that
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The Battle over Europe’s Future
- Analysis
- February 5, 2019
On January 22, France and Germany signed the Treaty of Aachen, a document designed to reaffirm their friendship and enhance co-operation in areas such as foreign policy, defense, trade, cross-border mobility, and research. The ceremony, in the historic coronation hall of the German city, took place 56 years after the signing of the Elysée Treaty, a
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