Earlier this summer U.S. Ambassador to NATO Ivo H. Daalder stepped down from his posting to become president of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. TAI editor Adam Garfinkle recently spoke with him about his tenure in Brussels, focusing on some of the key issues that continue to animate Transatlantic discussions. Adam Garfinkle: Looking back […]

The rise of the BRICS at the expense of the developed world has been a dominant refrain in global economics, but there are signs that the pendulum has swung back to the West. The New York Times reports: Just as economists have begun lowering their forecasts for China and many other developing economies, the American economy is […]

Bills that would allow nurse practitioners to care for patients without doctor supervision are making their way through five state legislatures right now. Pennsylvania, Michigan, Massachusetts, and New Jersey are all in the mix, but it’s in California that the battle has gotten particularly hot. WSJ: The California Medical Association, representing some 37,000 doctors, has spent […]

The Indian government unveiled restrictions on how much money  businesses are permitted to invest outside the country today in what at least one analyst likened to pushing the “panic button.” The FT has the story: Shortly before Manmohan Singh, prime minister, promised a return to high economic growth in a speech to the nation, the […]

The USPS has taken a small step into the 21st century with the rollout of a new priority mail program that may help it compete with other package carriers. After years of catastrophic revenue losses, the beleaguered agency is looking to turn things around by becoming an attractive option for delivering goods purchased online. It hopes […]

This is a guest post by Adam Garfinkle, editor of the American Interest. It is cross-posted from his blog elsewhere on this site. Be sure to bookmark his page!What happened in Egypt yesterday and is continuing to happen today is sad, disheartening and about as completely unsurprising as any such event can be. In Tuesday’s […]

Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe chose not to visit the controversial Yasukuni shrine in Tokyo today, but his restraint, it seems, hasn’t placated anyone. China and South Korea continue to decry his administration’s frequent anti-historical, antagonistic statements and actions in recent months.Dozens of lawmakers and at least three cabinet ministers visited Yasukuni in person, Reuters […]

Pundits on both sides of the political spectrum have noted that health care outcomes in Massachusetts are among the best indicators for Obamacare that we have, given the ACA’s similarity to Romneycare. Now a new study is out on MA health care, and it doesn’t paint a pretty picture: A state report says Bay State premiums rose […]

What happened in Egypt yesterday and is continuing to happen today is sad, disheartening and about as completely unsurprising as any such event can be. In Tuesday’s short post I referred in passing to “the impending street clashes in Cairo.” In my August 2 post I specified the epicenter of the violence to come, the […]

Not to be outdone by the neighbors, many of which have launched powerful new naval assets recently, South Korea introduced a brand new “state of the art” submarine, the Kim Jwa-jin. The 1,800-ton vessel, South Korea’s fourth, was christened by President Park Geun-hye, the Defense Minister, and other senior military officials. President Park had this to say on […]