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Who Cares How Many Women Are in Parliament? Joshua Foust and Melinda Hering/Foreign Policy Gender equality in government is important, but it’s not the primary variable in ensuring true representation.  Assuming that female representation indicates greater political...

Limitations of Hard Power in the Pacific

Earlier this year, the Obama administration outlined a strategy for military rebalancing in Asia in order to provide a strategic military presence and enhanced cooperation with regional allies. The Pentagon has begun to shift naval forces to the Pacific and has...

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Budget cuts threaten pursuit of nuclear fusion as a clean energy source Brian Vastag / The Washington Post Already, the United States has cut way back on investment in fusion. In the 1980s and early 1990s, the Energy Department spent about three times more than it...

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The Best Way the U.S. Can Help Europe out of Its Mess Peter Charles Choharis / Forbes President Obama’s call for “bold and decisive action” at the G20 summit this week followed his earlier advice that Europe “inject capital into weak banks” and “lay out a framework...