US Electoral Politics and the Illusion of Control
By William Hawes
We have all been told a lie. The lie that says democracy can be maintained only through voting, through purely representative, parliamentarian...
Decline of Parties, Rise of Hucksterism (and Trump)
By Timothy Braatz
The influx of hundreds of millions of dollars into US presidential elections has undermined the influence of Democratic and Republican leaders in...
Duterte and the Multipolar Strategy That Shakes Washington
By Federico Pieraccini
On May 30, 2016 Manila’s parliament appointed Rodrigo Roa Duterte as the sixteenth president of the Philippines following his election victory over...
The 2nd US Presidential Debate: A Political Telenovela in Real Time
By Jack Rasmus
In the second US presidential debate held last October 9 in St. Louis, Trump’s strategy was clearly to shore up his conservative...
Reaping the Whirlwind: Kerry, al-Nusra, Russia and Syria
By Gary Leupp
On 2017, the UNSC will convene for the resolution of the Syrian conflict with the aim of saving Syria and its people...
Calling Both Clinton and Trump Unpopular and Untrustworthy is Seriously Misleading
By Neil H. Buchanan
Polling results do not demonstrate that Clinton and Trump are nearly equally reviled, notwithstanding the ubiquitous media narrative. To say that...
Latin America’s Challenge: More and Better Saving for Development
By Eduardo Cavallo and Tomás Serebrisky
The Latin American and Caribbean region is trapped in a vicious cycle of low savings and poor use of...
Russia’s Red Line
From the Editors
The United States air force attacked the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) troops last month killing 62 soldiers. The attack continued for nearly...
Blinded by Nostalgia
By Yuval Levin
Recourse to a glorious past is of course nothing new in political rhetoric. And Americans suggest that a return to that state...
The First Presidential Debate and Its Aftermath
by Jack Rasmus
A week ago, on Monday, September 26, the 1st Presidential debate was held. 84 million watched the two most disliked candidates in...
