The Sleeping Dogs Of Europe
The bailed-out Greeks are still broke. Now their islands are flooded with a horde of migrants from the Middle East and Africa.
September 24, 2015 via Tribune Media Services via Hoover Daily ReportThe bailed-out Greeks are still broke. Now their islands are flooded with a horde of migrants from the Middle East and Africa.
September 24, 2015 via Tribune Media Services via Hoover Daily ReportEuropean leaders used to think that Greek debt was their biggest problem. Suddenly, alongside the wave of refugees pouring into the European Union by sea and by land, that seems trivial.
September 23, 2015 via Boston Globe via Hoover Daily ReportPress reports suggest that China and the United States are likely to come to an agreement to refrain from cyber actions that intentionally damage each others’ critical infrastructure.
September 23, 2015 via Lawfare via Hoover Daily ReportConventional foods are much cheaper, safer, and environmentally effective than their hyped up counterparts.
September 23, 2015 via undefined via Defining IdeasIn his speech yesterday in Seattle, China President Xi Jinping said: China is a staunch defender of cybersecurity. It is also a victim of hacking.
September 23, 2015 via Lawfare via Hoover Daily ReportIn late August the UN Secretariat published a consensus report adopted by the fourth Group of Governmental Experts on Information Security (GGE).
September 22, 2015 via Lawfare via Hoover Daily ReportA minute ago, I read Steven Landsburg's beautiful encomium to Deirdre McCloskey. An excerpt: We were dazzled, all of us, all of us who had come here hoping to escape the ordinary, to be touched by greatness, to enter into the Life of the Mind.
September 23, 2015 via EconLog via Hoover Daily ReportCalifornia's four-year (and on-going) drought is causing everyone a mild migraine. In the north, forest fires are costing the state $200 million (and counting) to fight and contain, while many are losing their property and possessions to the flames.
September 24, 2015 via Real Clear Markets via Hoover Daily ReportHoover Institution fellow John Taylor discusses market confusion and how that might influence the Fed to raise rates.
September 24, 2015 via Bloomberg via Hoover Daily ReportCan China displace the United States as the setter and enforcer of rules in the international order?
August 18, 2015 via undefined via Fellow TalksHoover Institution fellow Lanhee Chen discusses his article, "Undoing The Unilateral Presidency".
September 24, 2015 via KOA Denver Radio via Hoover Daily ReportHoover Institution fellow Michael Petrilli gives his insights on why girls far outnumber boys in top public schools.
September 23, 2015 via Kojo Nnamdi Show (WAMU) via Hoover Daily ReportA unique opportunity for MAERES students to meet Michael McFaul, who served as U.S. Ambassador to Russia from 2012 - 2014.
September 24, 2015 via Georgetown University via Hoover Daily ReportOn February 4, 1999, a young West African immigrant living in the Bronx, Amadou Diallo, was gunned down in a hail of 41 police bullets; a terrible shooting of an unarmed man. New York City swelled with racial anger, akin to the feelings that inflame Ferguson, Baltimore and other communities today.
September 24, 2015 via Real Clear Politics via Hoover Daily ReportThe U.S. is suffering a decline in credibility. Despite having the world’s most powerful military, America has underperformed in recent conflicts. These seven interrelated traps are major reasons why.
September 23, 2015 via Foreign Policy via Hoover Daily ReportOn Tuesday, Politico Magazine held its latest installment of its “What Works” series on what state and local governments could do to improve their education systems.
September 22, 2015 via Watchdog.org via Hoover Daily ReportHow America’s smallest cabinet department became a mass of unkillable pet projects. A POLITICO investigation.
September 24, 2015 via Politico via Hoover Daily ReportThe language of campaigning and the language of governance are often at odds. But perhaps, at least on some important topics, we should work harder to bring them together.
September 24, 2015 via Atlanta Journal Constitution via Hoover Daily ReportThe Chinese conductor Yu Long will share the Global Citizen Award in New York on October 1 with the former secretary of state Henry Kissinger.
September 23, 2015 via Slipped Disk via Hoover Daily Report
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