African presidents have the subject of considerable scrutiny and superficial and largely irrelevant rankings over the past decade.
The…
That the true intentions of a religious organization, the Muslim Brotherhood, would become the most hotly debated issue surrounding the…
Many small countries on the periphery have experimented with policies and institutions that could usefully be adopted by others.
Two…
Chairwoman Myrick, Ranking Minority Member Thompson, distinguished members of the committee, thank you for inviting me to testify today. I…
We describe the pension plan features of the states and the largest cities and counties in the U.S. Unlike in the private sector, defined…
Last week, U.S. President Barack Obama and Congress struggled until the 11th hour to agree on budget cuts that would avert a government…
Africa can feed itself in a generation. It can achieve this by harnessing abundant technologies that are available worldwide, expanding…
Last year, when China broke off military-to-military talks following the Obama administration's long-expected sale of defensive arms to…
Many governments, civil society organizations, and international development agencies today seek to limit the use of pretrial detention in…
I published The Declining Significance of Race: Blacks
and Changing American Institutions thirty-two years
ago, in 1978. Given the furor…