Tag: The Science of Where Magazine

USA – America’s Child-Tax-Credit Bonanza (Project-Syndicate)

TODD G. BUCHHOLZ, VICTORIA J. BUCHHOLZ In addition to helping millions of American households provide for their children, the monthly Child Tax Credit that went into...

USA/China – The US and China Are Not Destined for War (Project-Syndicate)

CHARLES C. KRULAK, ALEX FRIEDMAN As more commentators warn of a coming military conflict between the United States and China, it is easy to believe that...

Afghanistan/USA – Blood in the Sand (Project-Syndicate)

JEFFREY D. SACHS For decades, the American political class has intervened relentlessly and recklessly in countries whose people they hold in contempt. And once again...

Afghanistan/USA – Pax Americana Died in Kabul (Project-Syndicate)

BRAHMA CHELLANEY The unraveling of the effort to build a democratic, secular Afghanistan will pose a far greater threat to the free world than Syria’s...

Afghanistan – Terror and the Taliban (Project-Syndicate)

FAWAZ A. GERGES The world should not ignore the risk that Afghanistan under the Taliban could become a breeding ground for international terrorism. But nor...

Defense/Australia – More work needed but precision strike missile a good fit for the Australian Army (The Strategist)

Malcolm Davis The Australian Army is set to dramatically boost its land-based guided missile capability with Australia’s decision to join a US-led program to develop the Lockheed...

Japan – The double challenge for Suga (The Interpreter)

PURNENDRA JAIN,  TAKESHI KOBAYASHI The flame has just been extinguished for the Tokyo Olympics, a postponed games held under trying circumstances. Japan’s Prime Minister Yoshihide...

Afghanistan – What to do after the Taliban take-over (The Interpreter)

SUSANNE SCHMEIDL I am not an emotionally detached observer of Afghanistan. The country was once my second home, and I still have friends and colleagues...

Australia – Australia should scale up its vaccine diplomacy (The Interpreter)

PHILIPPA NICOLE BARR In the 1950s, an unlikely friendship grew between US medical researcher Albert Sabin and Soviet microbiologist and virologist Mikhail Chumakov. Their mutual...

UK/Indo Pacific – UK’s Indo-Pacific tilt – not just for the good times (The Interpreter)

BEN BLAND The United Kingdom’s proposed “tilt” to the Indo-Pacific was met with plenty of scepticism, including from this author, when it was unveiled in March...

China – Greater Middle East May Force China to Project Military Power Sooner Rather than Later (BESA Center)

Dr. James M. Dorsey China may have no short-term interest in contributing to guaranteeing security in parts of a swath of land stretching from Central...

Afghanistan – Who are the Taliban who conquered Afghanistan? (BESA Center)

Dr. James M. Dorsey Having taken control, the Taliban want the world to believe that they have become more pragmatic and inclusive in the twenty...

Kazakhstan – Kazakhstan Surges to Third Place in Global Crypto-Currency Production, Behind China and US (The Jamestown Foundation)

John C. K. Daly While many crypto-currency advocates worldwide promote this sector as the next step in international finance, multiple governments are becoming increasingly leery...

Russia/Georgia – Russian Interference in Georgian Politics: The Activation of Ultra-Right Forces (The Jamestown Foundation)

Beka Chedia On August 2, Irma Inasvhili, one of the founders of the Georgian pro-Russian political party Alliance of Patriots, posted her faction’s open letter...

Afghanistan/Taliban/Central Asia – Taliban Victory Unsettles Geopolitics in Central Asia (The Jamestown Foundation)

Paul Globe The suddenness of the Taliban’s victory amidst the final departure of United States forces from Afghanistan has intensified fears in Central Asia about...

China/Central Asia/Afghanistan – Expanding China’s Central Asia Playbook to Afghanistan (The Jamestown Foundation)

Niva Yau For almost 30 years, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) has deployed various strategies to increase its economic and political influence in Central...