Governor Michael Dukakis, Nguyen Anh Tuan, Zaneta Ozolina Thomas Patterson, Nazli Choucri, Alex Sandy Pentland, David Silbersweig, Mats Karlsson, Jim McManus As Russia’s war against Ukraine continues, global leaders and diplomatic observers have turned their...
Discussion Leaders: Governor Michael Dukakis and Nguyen Anh Tuan Advisor: Jason Furman, Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers to President Obama, Harvard professor Contributors: Professors Alex Sandy Pentland, Thomas Patterson, Nazli Choucri, David Silbersweig,...
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who just finished hosting the G7 summit, plans to propose a fiscal stimulus package of as much as $90.7 billion after warning G7 leaders that the global economy faces a significant risk of another crisis like that in 2008. Many...
(May 30th, 2016) Marc Chandler argues, in the wake of the G7 Summit, that a major problem facing the world economy lies in problems in the capital markets and the “currency mismatches that stem from dollar borrowings.’’ Read his overview of summit concerns.
(May 30th, 2016) German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on May 26 that the Group of Seven will not end sanctions on Russia over its involvement in the conflict in eastern Ukraine and its seizure of Crimea. "For me it's too early to give the all clear," Ms. Merkel said...
(May 30th, 2016) Pavan Duggal, an Indian cyberlaw and cybersecurity expert, warned that as governments around the world struggle to stop cyberattacks and data breaches, India needs to come up with a more comprehensive legal approach and framework to address various...
(May 30th, 2016) Despite hopes that China’s ever-tougher censoring of the Internet to keep away challenges to the dictatorship of the Communist Party would be cracked, in fact that censorship seems to be increasingly effective. As this first in a series of articles in...
(May 30th, 2016) The Obama administration released its final data policy framework establishing security expectations for organizations that participate in the Precision Medicine Initiative (PMI). “The 10-page framework, which builds on the National Institute of...