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YEAR OF THE ROOSTER / SAFE HAVEN

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THE BURDEN OF ONE-PARTY GOVERNMENT / THE WALL STREET JOURNAL OP EDITORIAL

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WILL TRUMP USE A CHEAPER DOLLAR TO BOOST U.S. EXPORTS? / BARRON´S MAGAZINE

Up and Down Wall Street Will Trump Use a Cheaper Dollar to Boost U.S. Exports? If Trump wants to alter the terms of foreign trade, dol...

ADRIFT IN TRUMP´S NEW CENTURY / PROJECT SYNDICATE

Adrift in Trump’s New Century Ana Palacio .   WASHINGTON, DC – The late British historian Eric Hobsbawm famously called the period b...

DUTERTE AND THE PHILLIPPINES: NO PIVOT TO CHINA JUST YET / GEOPOLIICAL FUTURES

Duterte and the Philippines: No Pivot to China Just Yet Beijing is courting the Philippines president, but the U.S. has the upper hand ...