Category: Current Events

May 6, 2010

The Well-Being of America: A New Report from the American Human Development Project

The American Human Development Project (AHDP), whose Measure of America offered an index of well-being for Americans offers recently presented an update to their earlier findings. In their report, A Century Apart, The AHDP looks at life expectancy, educational attainment,...

April 28, 2010

Kelly Oliver on ABC News to discuss Women as Weapons of War

Kelly Oliver author of Women as Weapons of War: Iraq, Sex, and the Media appeared yesterday on ABC News to talk about women in the military as well as to consider our fascination with female terrorists and suicide bombers. Oliver...

April 26, 2010

Foreign Affairs reviews three Columbia/Hurst books on Afghanistan

In a lengthy review essay in Foreign Affairs, Seth Jones, who is a Senior Political Scientist at the RAND Corporation and the author of In the Graveyard of Empires: America’s War in Afghanistan, considers three books recently published by Columbia...

April 23, 2010

Kenneth Posner and Edward Hess on Goldman Sachs and Financial Reform

In separate articles, Kenneth Posner and Edward Hess, two authors recently published by Columbia Business School Publishing, applied the arguments of their books to some of the most pressing and controversial issues in finance and business. First up is Kenneth...

April 15, 2010

Sophie Richardson on the Chinese Earthquake

In her article How Not to Respond to an Earthquake, published on the Daily Beast, Sophie Richardson, author of China, Cambodia, and the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence, looks at how the Chinese government could best respond to the recent...

April 13, 2010

Ken Posner on Fannie and Freddie

Ken Posner, author of of Stalking the Black Swan: Research and Decision Making in a World of Extreme Volatility, recently appeared on Yahoo Finance’s Tech Ticker to discuss among other things about how Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac continue to...

April 9, 2010

Guobin Yang on the China-Google Spat

In an interesting article for Yale Global, Guobin Yang, author of The Power of the Internet in China: Citizen Activism Online, downplays some of the hyperbole that has been used to characterize the dispute between Google and China. Yang argues...

April 6, 2010

Alexis Dudden: Japan, Korea, Abductions, and a Tangled History

As Alexis Dudden points out in her fascinating article in Japan Focus, 2010 marks the 100th anniversary of Japan’s takeover of Korea. Dudden, author of Troubled Apologies Among Japan, Korea, and the United States, reveals the ways in which this...

April 5, 2010

Jacob Hacker on health care reform

The Social Science Research Council (SSRC) Web site has an interview with Jacob Hacker, editor of Health at Risk: America’s Ailing Health System—and How to Heal It about the passage of the health care bill. Hacker, who is considered to...

March 24, 2010

Jonathan Holslag on Chindia

In an interview with Time, Jonathan Holslag, author of China and India: Prospects for Peace discusses some of the existing and potential tensions conflicts that might develop between the two countries. Holslag argues that increased competition between the nations might...

March 22, 2010

Roger Hardy on Islamism and why the West gets it wrong

In a recent editorial in the Guardian, Roger Hardy, author of The Muslim Revolt: A Journey Through Political Islam, argues that the West has simplified and misunderstood the nature and motivations of Islamism. Hardy’s editorial and book are based on...

February 23, 2010

The China we're stuck with — A post by Warren I Cohen

The following is a post from Warren I. Cohen, author of America’s Response to China, Fifth Edition: A History of Sino-American Relations In 1908, President Theodore Roosevelt spoke to a Chinese emissary of America’s hope for a strong, stable, and...