by August Cole | Apr 8, 2013 | Monitor
There are times when the best policy solution should be the easiest to achieve, but remains stubbornly out of reach. Nowhere is this more evident than in the challenges with improving American competitiveness. As Norman Augustine, the retired chairman and chief...
by August Cole | Apr 5, 2013 | Monitor
In Hollywood, the summer film season is marked by big-ticket blockbuster movies that can make or break a studio depending on how well they fare at the box office. Washington is following a similar pattern. Lawmakers are already preparing for another cliffhanger over...
by Xander Vagg | Apr 4, 2013 | Monitor
“To Bangladesh, climate change is not a theory but a reality on the ground.” With this opening statement, Major General Muniruzzaman, a Bangladeshi career military officer with 38 years of service for his country and in peace-keeping missions for the United Nations,...
by LÃvia Pontes Fialho | Apr 3, 2013 | Monitor
Sir Martin Sorrell, founder and CEO of the world’s largest communication agency, discussed nation branding. “The best branding is good policy,” said Sir Martin Sorrell, founder and CEO of the world’s largest advertising and communications company, WPP. Sir...
by August Cole | Mar 12, 2013 | Monitor
With so much effort focused on fighting partisan battles, lawmakers in Washington are shortchanging important debates necessary to shore up American competitiveness. Such are the stakes right now that Congress needs to put politics aside so that policy dialogue can...