Sheffield, Jamaica Correspondent I have spent a good part of my working life studying how small states negotiate with large ones, and the first lesson of that study is that the small state's objective is almost never the thing written on the agenda. The agenda says trade, or security, or in this case denuclearization. The … Continue reading Did the historic Singapore summit between President Trump and Kim Jong-un meaningfully advance denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, or was it largely symbolic?
Weekly Correspondents’ Forum 2018
After the Parkland school shooting and the March for Our Lives movement, has the political debate over gun violence in the U.S. shifted in any lasting way?
Prescott Valley, Arizona Correspondent I taught in public schools for the better part of two decades, which means I have run lockdown drills with children who did not understand why and with teenagers who understood exactly why, and I have sat in faculty meetings where the question of what we would actually do if it … Continue reading After the Parkland school shooting and the March for Our Lives movement, has the political debate over gun violence in the U.S. shifted in any lasting way?
What are the strategic consequences of the United States withdrawing from the Iran nuclear deal (JCPOA)?
Clermont, Florida Correspondent I advise small professional firms for a living, and the most common mistake I see is a partner who tears up a contract because it is a bad contract without first asking what he intends to replace it with. The old agreement was flawed. Everyone agreed it was flawed. That is not … Continue reading What are the strategic consequences of the United States withdrawing from the Iran nuclear deal (JCPOA)?
In the wake of the Cambridge Analytica revelations, are tech platforms facing meaningful regulatory or reputational consequences for data practices and political influence?
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina Correspondent I buy Facebook ads for a living, so let me begin with a confession that will sound like a defense and is not meant as one: everything Cambridge Analytica did with the data, I could have done with the tools Facebook sells to anyone with a credit card. Not the … Continue reading In the wake of the Cambridge Analytica revelations, are tech platforms facing meaningful regulatory or reputational consequences for data practices and political influence?
How significant is China’s removal of presidential term limits for Xi Jinping, both for domestic governance and for the balance of power in Asia?
Sheffield, Jamaica Correspondent I want to begin with a correction to the way this question is being framed in the Western press, because the framing obscures what actually happened. The two-term limit that the National People's Congress removed on Sunday applied to the presidency, which in China's system is the least important of the three … Continue reading How significant is China’s removal of presidential term limits for Xi Jinping, both for domestic governance and for the balance of power in Asia?
