Kiev Should Admit That the War In The East Is Lost Arming Ukraine will not help resolve this conflict WASHINGTON – The now chronic crisis in Eastern Ukraine is getting worse. The cease-fire did not work. The Russia-backed...
US Economy Up By Only 2.6% In The Fourth Quarter Just a few days ago Obama had declared victory. It turns out that America has not yet regained its old momentum WASHINGTON – The White House communications and policy teams are not in luck. Not too long ago they told...
Advice To Europe: Deregulate And Cut The Red Tape Steven Rattner, a centrist, writes that Europe's problem is a suffocating regulatory environment WASHINGTON – Well known Wall Street financier Steven Rattner stated the obvious about Europe’s lack of competitiveness and what to...
China’s Plans To Improve Air Quality Fall Short Chinese reserachers estimate that official goals will not be met. Air pollution will continue WASHINGTON – After decades of denials, at least the Chinese authorities now recognize that they have a huge environmental...
Syriza Victory Is Not A Solution For Greece The new government will probably gain some breathing room. But a socialist leadership will be unable to kickstart economic growth WASHINGTON – As expected, Alexis Tsipras and his Leftist Syriza party won the Greek elections for a new parliament. After...
The ECB Launched Its Own QE – But Growth Expectations Will Not Be Met Eueope needs serious pro-growth reforms. And they are not coming. The idea that even lower interest rates will trigger growth is foolish WASHINGTON – Here we go. European Central Bank (ECB) President Mario Draghi launched his own version of QE, or “Quantitative...
Pakistan Points To Saudi Money Funding Militant Groups It is good to expose this financial assistance from Arab countries. No way to win until groups are funded by foreign donors WASHINGTON – It is an open secret that Saudi Arabia and other Gulf countries have been funding religious schools...
The End Of China’s Boom China could continue growing if it became an innovation society. But innovation requires freedom WASHINGTON – The China story has changed, quite a bit. Yesterday it was about relentless growth. Today it is...
Keystone Pipeline Would Improve US Energy Security Sadly, this pipeline linking Canada and Texas may not be approved. US energy policy is prisoner of ideology WASHINGTON – Is The US State Department (read President Barack Obama) going to finally authorize the Canada to the US...
How Do We Turn Immigrants Into Citizens? The emotional debate is about the deportation of illegal immigrants. But we shoud think about how we help them to become Americans WASHINGTON – Sadly, in the midst of so many strident polemics about what should be done regarding millions of illegal immigrants...