ARPA-E is one good, bipartisan example of how government can create private sector opportunity and boost American competitiveness. The president and Congress would do well to safeguard and strengthen its role as a source of new growth and opportunity.

Technology creates both opportunity and risk, but it is the latter that often gets the most attention. A more structured approach can help us more accurately evaluate the risks to public safety and national security created by new technologies.

The year 2017 is a milestone for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). During this 50th anniversary of the 10-nation bloc, ASEAN finds itself representing a region that is prospering and peaceful overall, having successfully both limited its ambitions and...

Proficiency in English is a critical component of a successful modern society. English is the third most spoken and most widely taught language on the planet. Commonly used in over 100 countries by more than 300...

In his February 1, 2017, Budget Speech, Finance Minister Jaitley stated that “further liberalisation of FDI [foreign direct investment] policy is under consideration and necessary announcements will be made in due course.” The announcement begs the question—which...

I watched my Liberian government colleague nearly lose his temper—yet again—with a worker for a nongovernmental organization (NGO). It was January 2015, and the Monrovia Ebola task force was looking for a victim who had been taken to an Ebola Treatment Unit by an NGO’s...

The Chinese Ministry of Commerce and General Administration of Customs announced (statement in Chinese) over the weekend (February 18) that it would halt coal imports from North Korea, to be effective immediately starting from yesterday, February 19 to the end of the...

 In September 2016, Madhya Pradesh became the latest state to encourage consumers to install solar rooftop panels. But despite the vogue for such sources of renewable energy, state policies vary widely. We awarded Andhra Pradesh Breakthrough status for a policy that...

If you rank the inputs and outputs for countries involved in the Syria conflict right now, you end up with some interesting numbers. Turkey and Iran are making major investments of money and lives, and they have a major impact on the course of the conflict. Some Gulf Arab...

Russia’s political goals in Syria seem to be quite modest: The government seeks to shore up the Syrian regime. To a large degree, especially after the fall of rebel portions of Aleppo, that mission has been accomplished.

Southeast Asia is an increasingly important region, encompassing some of the most dynamic economies in the world and located at the crossroads between East and South Asia, and the Pacific and Indian Oceans. The 10 Southeast Asian countries that make up the Association of...

Nearly six years have passed since a loss of power caused by a tsunami triggered the meltdown of three nuclear power reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan. In late January 2017, Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), the owner of the...