January 2012 – Schirach Report

Attempts At Injecting New Vigor Into The Atlantic Community Linking America And Europe Will Fail – US Short Of Breath, EU In Serious Trouble – Societies In Decline Are Inward Looking – No Interest In Cooperation

By Paolo von Schirach January 31, 2012 WASHINGTON – Wolfgang Ischinger, former German Deputy Foreign Minister, Igor...

Does America Have “Too Much” Natural Gas? Use Additional Supply To Power Thousands Of Heavy Trucks – Reduced Fuel Prices Would Benefit Entire Economy, Reduce Oil Imports

By Paolo von Schirach January 24, 2012 WASHINGTON – When it come to US energy prices, could...

America Needs More Innovation – Fort Collins In Colorado Shows How It Can Be Done A good university, an "Innovation Hub" and a proactive local government created the foundations. Multinationals have taken notice

WASHINGTON – Whatever will be said and promised in this difficult and already acrimonious 2012 political campaign, America’s long-term...

Afghanistan Strategy Not Working – Counter Insurgency Effort Too Vast, Under Resourced – Refocus On Counter Terror, Reduce US Forces

By Paolo von Schirach January 22, 2012 WASHINGTON – What Imran Khan, former cricket star and now...

Sudden Swing For Gingrich In South Carolina Shows How Voters Without Deep Convictions Change Their Minds In Just Days – Opinion Changed On The Basis Of TV Debates Performances – It Is All About Clever Delivery And No Substance – Primaries As TV Wrestling?

By Paolo von Schirach January 21, 2012 WASHINGTON – What is surprising about the decisive victory by...

Rick Perry Says That Turkey Is Run By “Islamic Terrorists” – He Also Added That Its Standing In NATO Should Be Reviewed – How Irresponsibly Ignorant Can a Presidential Candidate Be? Apparently There Is No Limit

By Paolo von Schirach January 17, 2012 WASHINGTON – The only mildly reassuring thing about Texas Governor...

Greek Bonds At 34%, While Default Is Considered Now An Option – EU Failed To Fix A Relatively Small Problem, While Moving Slowly Towards A Fiscal Compact – Are The Europeans Serious?

By Paolo von Schirach January 15, 2012 WASHINGTON – A sad but powerful illustration of EU indecisiveness...

S&P Downgraded France, Half The Eurozone, Citing Inadequate EU Policies – In Italy Lack Of A Long Term Growth Strategy, While Corruption And Bad Governance Linger

By Paolo von Schirach January 13, 2012 WASHINGTON – Only yesterday the international business media sounded very...

Romney As “Vulture Capitalist”? – Nasty, Negative Ads In The Republican Campaign – Manipulation, Distortion And Character Assassination Are Now The Norm

By Paolo von Schirach January 12, 2012 WASHINGTON – Alright, in case you missed it, would-be US...

While We Have Political Gridlock In Washington, American Metro Areas Are Laboratories Of Smart Innovation – Metros Create Centers of Excellence, Build Global Ties, Explains Bruce Katz Of Brookings

By Paolo von Schirach January 11, 2011 WASHINGTON – The bad news for America is that Washington...