The Gendered Effects of COVID-19 in Mexico
Authors: Andi Dahmer, Kerby Gilstrap, Timothy S. Rich*
The Covid-19 pandemic has exacerbated many existing problems and inequalities in societies around the world. Informal labor,...
A Likely Biden-Xi Sit-down in Rome: G20 aka G2?
The US administration officials are citing the same three factors for a possible Biden-Xi summit in coming October as they were for the 3-hour...
Biden’s China Doctrine?
The current issue of "The Economist," published recently, features a cover story on Biden's China Doctrine. According to the report, "Bidenism" has converted the...
Afghan Deja Vu?
As the date of complete withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan nears, more and more often we hear comments in which this withdrawal is...
Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Has Little Effect on US Public Opinion of Israel
Authors: Kate Hart, Aurora Speltz, Kerby Gilstrap, Timothy S. Rich*
The United States was the first country to formally recognize the state of Israel in...
Mexico Runoff Elections
Authors: Timothy S. Rich, Ian Milden, Madelynn Einhorn, Aurora Speltz*
Most Latin American presidential systems have runoff elections if the first place candidate fails to...
America’s problem with Russian disinformation
America has a problem with Russian disinformation – but not in the way that you have been led to believe. ‘Russiagate’ – the name...
Still Asking the Wrong Questions: A Perilous American Error
“The enemy is the unphilosophical spirit which knows nothing and wants to know nothing of truth.”-Karl Jaspers, Reason and Anti-Reason in Our Time (1952)
How...
Overcoming the Crisis in St. Vincent and the Grenadines
The current situation in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is alarming, as the small island developing state (SIDS) is facing multiple assaults on a...
From My Side of the Street: Why I Don’t Celebrate The Fourth of July
Today a couple of people here in Mauritius wished me a Happy Fourth of July.I realize they meant no harm.But as an African American...