AFP/Jewel Samad Over the last decade, America’s diplomatic, military, and strategic resources have  mainly centered in the Middle East and South Asia. With the U.S. having withdrawn from Iraq and the military campaign in Afghanistan set to wind down by 2014, the Obama Administration has signaled a strategic “pivot” towards the Asia-Pacific in an effort to Read More

Japan and the U.S. present interesting case studies for the role of women in the workplace. In Japan, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has instituted a series of reforms called “womenomics” to empower more women to join the workforce and contribute to economic growth. Here in the United States, women have succeeded in integrating into the Read More

The future of free trade is in flux: almost immediately upon taking office, President Trump moved to cary out his campaign promises to protect the American worker from “unfair" foreign competition. The President withdrew the U.S. as a party to the Trans-Pacific Partnership, announced that one of his top trade priorities would be to renegotiate Read More