THE UNITED STATES AND LATIN AMERICA: Good Neighbors At Last?
In Latin America, while the Trump administration whistled against the winds of global change, the Biden team needs to see that the days of dictating policy there are over, writes Abraham Lowenthal.
U.S.-MEXICO TRADE AND THE POTENTIAL FOR BILATERAL CONFLICT
Mexico’s new Electricity Law appears to contravene provisions of several Mexican trade agreements, including the USMCA, opening the door to bilateral conflict, writes the Monarch Global Strategies team.
COMMUNITY INITIATIVES ARE RESPONDING TO RISING ATTACKS ON ASIAN AMERICANS
After the recent attacks on Asian American elders, activism in the Asian American community has been on the rise, writes Christine Kim.
A TRAIL OF HOPE AND FEAR
From Honduras to Mexico and back, migrant caravaners’ quest for both immediate safety and some kind of future for their families has put them in the media spotlight, but too often the coverage plays into the political theatrics that burden their fates and compounds their miseries, writes Ada Trillo.
THE HUMAN COST OF SANCTIONS
In order to halt the loss of innocent life in Iran, it is time for the United States to take a dramatic step: remove sanctions and bring Iran to the negotiating table, writes Ida Ghohestani.
WHILE QUIBI FAILED, WILL SHORT-FORM STREAMING THRIVE ELSEWHERE?
While we would never know if the story of Quibi would have turned out differently in a parallel universe without a deadly virus, short-formed video streaming is growing steadily across the ocean in an even bigger market, writes Qianyue Weng.
Food security: BURIED TREASURE
The addition of potatoes to the European diet conferred a degree of food security which enabled Europeans to spend more time exploring the rest of the world and in foreign adventures, writes Seth Freeman.
AFGHAN DAM GENERATES ELECTRICITY, HOPE, AND TENSION OVER WATER RIGHTS AT THE AFGHANI-IRANIAN BORDER
Upstream from Iran, Afghanistan’s Kamal Khan Dam tests hydro-diplomacy’s effectiveness at quelling fears of water scarcity, write Branka Andjelkovic and Humayoon Babur.
ENTREPRENEURSHIP, BUSINESS, AND ECONOMIC REFORM IN NORTH KOREA
Pacific Council member Jongsoo Lee interviews Geoffrey See, founder of Choson Exchange.
SHOULD U.S. FORCES STAY OR GO FROM JIHADI LANDS?
As the Biden administration addresses the threat from the hostile landscape inhabited by jihadis who continue to plot attacks on the United States, it must decide whether to continue or affirm the Trump administration’s retreat from Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, and Somalia, writes Bennett Ramberg.

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