Egypt’s Generals Leading The Country to Democracy? By Paolo von Schirach February 11, 2011 WASHINGTON – Lat week the Egyptian protesters finally got the...
Egyptian Regime: Negotiating In Good Faith, Or Just Buying Time? WASHINGTON – The updates from Cairo create a mixed picture that invites caution in any attempt to...
Not a Revolution; But Egypt Will Get its Reforms – Is Anybody Watching? “Those who cling to the status quo may be able to hold back the...
In Arcadia, Playing for South Africa’s Future Energy and dynamism expressed only in soccer games PRETORIA, South Africa – (Notes from October 2009). The other day I was walking from my Court Classique Hotel to...
Education is the Real Stimulus “The educational foundations of our society are presently being eroded by a rising tide of mediocrity that threatens our...
The End of The US Overspending Addiction? WASHINGTON – One major factor that caused the current US economic crisis is excessive consumer spending. Excessive spending in turn yielded an unsustainable level of personal...
The “Fundamentals” of the US Economy WASHINGTON – Senator John McCain has been repeatedly mocked by his opponent, Senator Barack Obama, for having stated very...
Absent from Denver: The Gobal Economy WASHINGTON– A somewhat disturbing feature of the Denver Democratic Convention has been the absence of a serious, in depth debate on...
The World is not yet Flat WASHINGTON – According to the new optimistic conventional wisdom, the world has become “flat”. Historic barriers of time, distance,...
April 4 is NATO’s Birthday The Europeans do very little for the common defense. Is there still a role for the Atlantic Alliance created in 1949? By Paolo von Schirach April 3, 2008 WASHINGTON – Tomorrow is April 4, another birthday for the North Atlantic Treaty...