Commentary

January 24, 2011
Peace, Not a Peace Offensive

TOKYO – When a North Korean dove clutching an olive branch suddenly appears, the world should challenge it to reveal…
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January 20, 2011
Learning From Lebanon

NEW YORK – After watching the collapse of Lebanon’s government last week, it is hard not to think about efforts…
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January 19, 2011
New Year’s Hope against Hope

NEW YORK – The time has come for New Year’s resolutions, a moment of reflection. When the last year hasn’t…
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January 18, 2011
Industrial Policy Comes Out of the Cold

WASHINGTON, DC – One of the best-kept economic secrets was strongly reconfirmed in 2010: most countries, intentionally or not, pursue…
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January 17, 2011
Five Steps Forward in 2011

MILAN – The worst of the financial/economic crisis seems to be over. Asset markets performed reasonably well in 2010. Growth…
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January 13, 2011
Is Blasphemy Hate Speech?

NEW YORK – The assassination of Salman Taseer, the governor of Punjab province in Pakistan and an outspoken critic of…
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January 11, 2011
Urbanizing China

BEIJING – Measured by the percentage of people living in its cities, China’s urbanization rate currently stands at about 48%,…
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January 11, 2011
Ivory Coast Election: The Other Side

Upon the pronouncement of the presidential election results in Cote d’Ivoire by the Electoral Commission (CEI) which should have been…
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January 10, 2011
The Japan Myth

BRUSSELS – The first decade of this century started with the so-called dot-com bubble. When it burst, central banks moved…
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January 4, 2011
Justice Delayed, but Not Denied

LONDON – Last week, the former dictator General Jorge Videla was convicted and sentenced to life in prison for his…
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