Daily Policy Digest
International Issues
| COCA ZERO The United States has spent more than $5 billion in its failed Latin American coca eradication efforts and intends to keep up the pressure... |
| PIRATES AHOY! Pirate attacks cost about $16 billion annually in ship and cargo losses and increased insurance premiums... |
| LOSING HOPE, GLORY AND ASSETS The manner in which Britain gave up its responsibilities in India and Palestine has been the subject of much debate and criticism, says Martin Rubin... |
| INNOVATION NATION The EU-U.S. innovation gap is getting smaller, but America still leads in most categories... |
| THE LAW POOR Two in every three people on the planet -- a total of 4 billion -- are excluded from the rule of law... |
| THE EAST LOOKS WEST Fewer schools in former Soviet countries are teaching Russian... |
| WHO WILL WATCH THE WATCHMEN? Why do so many UN peacekeepers harm the people they are sent to protect?... |
| COMING AND GOING IN BRITAIN The number of Britons leaving the country each year to live abroad topped 200,000 for the first time... |
| UNDERSTANDING AMERICAN EXCEPTIONALISM Why is the United States so different from other countries around the world?... |
| BLOOD BARRELS Oil-producing states make up a growing fraction of the world's conflict-ridden countries, says Michael L. Ross... |
