I work for the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation at Harvard's Kennedy School. Roy L. Ash, who died last month, stood for…
China’s president, Hu Jintao, greeted 2012 with an important essay warning that China was being battered by Western culture: “We must…
The world economy is entering a new phase, in which achieving global cooperation will become increasingly difficult. The United States and…
One of the most pervasive debates about managing people is whether using “hard” or “soft” approaches produces better performance. Hard…
We shouldn't count on the housing market to carry America back into economic uplands.
Last week, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke…
If our politics weren't so fluid and volatile, one would think, now that the votes are tallied in New Hampshire, that the race for the…
Left- and right-handed individuals have different brain structures, particularly in relation to language processing. Using five data sets…
Americans have traditionally been the most enthusiastic champions of capitalism. Yet a recent American public opinion survey found that…
A leadership transition is scheduled in two major autocracies in 2012. Neither is likely to be a surprise. Xi Jinping is set to replace Hu…
While the economy will be the central issue of the presidential campaign, foreign policy and national security should be a close second.…