North Korea and America Could Stumble into a Nuclear War
People from Los Angeles and San Francisco are calling me and asking: “Should we be getting our families out of the city? Are we about to be nuked?” The short answer is no.
Research
Connecting the Northeast: A Cost Estimate for the North South Rail Link
This paper presents rough order-of- magnitude estimates for the capital cost of the North South Rail Link (the “Link”), a proposed infrastructure project to connect the commuter rail and Amtrak lines
Election Watchdogs: Transparency, Accountability and Integrity
Recent decades have seen growing concern regarding problems of electoral integrity.
African Megacities as Emerging Innovation Ecosystems
The unprecedented population growth in Africa and its projections followed by a high rate of urbanization are resulting in a growing number of huge urban agglomerations – cities and megacities.
Strengthening Electoral Integrity
Many elections around the world fail to meet international standards. What works to fix common problems? And what solutions prove most effective?
No Time for Trump to Hurtle Toward War with North Korea
The president has a long to-do list, starting with slowing down and changing his tone. He should emulate Churchill and Reagan, not Kim Jung Un.
The One Big Problem With New Russia Sanctions
The latest round of congressional sanctions against Russia garnered much attention for the message they sent to President Donald Trump: We don’t trust you to decide when to lift or ease sanctions on M
Evidence for Hope: Making Human Rights Work in the 21st Century
The Social Construction of the UN Guiding Principles on Business & Human Rights
The United Nations Human Rights Council unanimously endorsed the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs) in June 2011.
Still More on Mariel: The Role of Race
Card’s (1990) study of the Mariel supply shock remains an important cornerstone of both the literature that measures the labor market impact of immigration, and of the “stylized fact” that immigration
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