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(Global Economy) Reforming the investment treaty regime (Brookings)

Lauge N. Skovgaard Poulsen and Geoffrey Gertz Investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS)—which allows foreign investors to sue governments through international arbitration—has become increasingly controversial. Reasonable observers disagree about...

(USA) Unemployment benefit fraud could be the fourth largest stimulus ‘program’ (AEI)

Matt Weidinger Since the pandemic began, the federal government has legislated over $4 trillion in emergency spending, according to the nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible...

(USA) How will the American Rescue Plan impact your 2021 tax liability? (AEI)

Alex Brill, Kyle Pomerleau, Grant M. Seiter Last week, President Biden signed into law the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan (ARP). The plan provides economic relief to households through...

(Israel) Wanted: A Mapainik Leadership (BESA Center)

Maj. Gen. (res.) Gershon Hacohen Amid Israel’s profound crisis over the past year, which has entailed a morass of security, social, economic, and ethical problems rooted in...

(Jordan/Israel) The Canceled Visit of the Jordanian Crown Prince to the Temple Mount (BESA Center)

Edy Cohen The seemingly innocent plan to have Jordanian Crown Prince Hussein visit the Temple Mount on March 11 was not arranged by chance. No...

(USA) How Democracy Dies: Big Tech Becomes Big Brother (BESA Center)

Dr. Jiri and Leni Valenta The willingness of the US federal government to share power with Big Tech is a recipe for unharnessed power and...

(Iran/Saudi Arabia/Israel) Implications of the Latest Iranian Attack on Saudi Oil Facilities (BESA Center)

Lt. Col. (res.) Dr. Mordechai Kedar Israel must take the recent Iranian attack on Saudi Arabia seriously, as those who attack sensitive Saudi sites with...

(USA/Israel/Saudi Arabia/Iran) Biden Is Targeting Longstanding Alliances with Israel and Saudi Arabia to Curry Favor with Iran (BESA Center)

Frank Musmar The Biden administration’s targeting of the US’s longstanding alliances with Israel and Saudi Arabia in order to placate Iran is not only immoral...

(USA/Iran) Biden’s CIA Director and Iran (BESA Center)

Erfan Fard On February 24, 2021, William J. Burns was confirmed as Joe Biden’s new CIA director. The Iranian mullahs want to use terrorism to...

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