Tag: North America
58 Articles
- Business & Economics
Improving the Return on Investment in US Healthcare
The Low Return on Investment of US Healthcare The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services recently released data showing that US health expenditure rose by 7.5 percent in 2023…
April 7, 2025
- Dialogues
Rethinking Policy and Political Identity in Puerto Rico: Perspectives from Former Governor Aníbal Acevedo Vilá
Georgetown Journal of International Affairs: Puerto Rico’s political system operates under unique constraints as U.S. territory. In your view, how does this influence the…
February 10, 2025
- Conflict & Security
The Dangerous Narrative of the “War on Cartels”
Building a New Wall In 2016, the U.S.-Mexico border became a matter of foremost national interest. Former president Donald Trump ran his 2016 campaign around the purported need…
November 23, 2024
- Global Governance
Soft Power with Teeth: Looking Beyond Military Action in Solving the Fentanyl Crisis
About half of Americans polled in September 2023 were in favor of sending U.S. armed forces into Mexico to fight drug cartels. Unfortunately, fentanyl trafficking and the…
March 2, 2024
- Dialogues
A “Floor” for US-China Relations in 2024: Insights on the Biden-Xi Summit from Professor Dennis Wilder
GJIA: Could you share with us some of the key takeaways from the Biden-Xi summit? DW: You know, the Chinese love to say that we need “win-win cooperation.” In this case,…
December 22, 2023
- Human Rights & Development
Intimate Partner Violence and Disability: Addressing Systemic Barriers
In fall 2020, a Québec-wide grassroots disability rights organization, the Regroupement des activistes pour l’inclusion au Québec (RAPLIQ), sought to tackle shelter…
November 4, 2023
- Conflict & Security
Why the United States Doesn’t Need an “Arsenal for Democracy” – And What to do Instead
A Defense Industrial Base in Crisis? In his March 28 testimony on the Pentagon’s FY2024 budget request, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin told the Senate Armed Services…
May 22, 2023
- Dialogues
US-China Business Council President Craig Allen on the Economic Implications of the Chinese Spy Balloon Incident
GJIA: The past few weeks in regard to US-China relations have been particularly volatile, especially in the aftermath of the surveillance balloon intelligence incident. In your…
May 10, 2023
- Global Governance
US Diplomacy and the Pacific Islands: Risk of Over-Promising and Under-Delivering
As the former US Ambassador to the Republic of Palau—a small but strategic nation in the second island chain of the Pacific—I believe our relationship with the region is on a…
February 9, 2023
- Business & Economics
Policies and Politics: Effects on US-China Soybean Trade
US-China trade tensions, respective policy responses, geopolitics, and climate shocks will continue to reshape the global food system. As the largest and most concentrated…
October 26, 2022