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China’s Government Manipulating Official Statistics? Private forecasters indicate that China's actual GDP growth is lower that what Beijing claims

WASHINGTON – A few days ago a major US newspaper had yet another story on China’s economic slowdown. Yes, China...

Beyond Symbolic Gestures, The West Will Not Act To Help Ukraine Regain Control Over Its Eastern Provinces Kiev is on its own. The only way to end the crisis is to let the Russian speaking East go

WASHINGTON – By now the provisional government in Kiev should have understood that, beyond symbolic gestures, the West will...

Walking By Ford’s Theatre, Where Lincoln Was Shot Great sadness contemplating this old, yet still vivid, tragedy

WASHINGTON – After my meeting I decided to walk to Chinatown, to an old emporium where I bought a...

The Ukrainian Government Cannot Win, All By Itself, Against Russia Kiev should let Eastern Ukraine secede. Only then it will have a chance to engage in economic reforms and join Europe

WASHINGTON – Vladimir Putin is winning in his ruthless and perhaps crazy effort to regain control over at least a...

Ukrainian Prime Minister Yatsenyuk Both Defiant And Conciliatory In A Speech At The Atlantic Council The Ukrainian leader has received open support from President Obama on Crimea. But it is not clear how far the US and Europe are willing to go if Russia does not back down

By Paolo von Schirach March 12, 2014 WASHINGTON – The Western world seems to be united in its support...

Financial Aid To The Ukraine? Great Idea But Huge Costs Turning the Ukraine around will cost billions of dollars over many years. Western policy-makers have to convince voters that this is a worthwhile effort.

By Paolo von Schirach March 10, 2014 WASHINGTON – A few days ago, I argued in a related piece...

Ukraine Crisis End Game: Putin Gets To Keep The Crimea Sadly, the West has no stomach to engage in a protracted confrontation with Moscow. Europe is weak. America is impotent

By Paolo von Schirach March 3, 2014 WASHINGTON – The official Russian description of what is happening in the...

Americans Waste One-Third Of All The Money Spent On Health Care Incredible but true. Fixing Obamacare will not solve any of the problems due to over spending

By Paolo von Schirach March 2, 2014 WASHINGTON – The Obamacare fiasco, or at least semi-fiasco, continues to generate...

Putin Loses The Ukraine, But He Gets To Keep The Crimea – Happy Ending? Russia takes a calculated risk because it sees America as powerless.

By Paolo von Schirach March 1, 2014 WASHINGTON – Let me give you my ultra simplified assessment of what...

Chinese Experts Say That China Needs A Lot More Natural Gas – Not Renewables The focus is on cost effective alternatives to coal. And it is natural gas, not solar or wind

By Paolo von Schirach February 17, 2014 WASHINGTON – In the often schizoid US national debate on energy issues...

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