Inbound FDI—A Bright Spot for the U.S. in Global Commerce

Free trade may have been the whipping boy for politicians and candidates for office this past election season; however, we should all be grateful that inward bound FDI was spared vilification. It is the one area of global commerce where the economic benefits far outweigh the consequences.

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Welcome to the post-New World Order

The idealism-based global governance that originally arose from the ashes of the Second World War is now threatened by the growing and percolating discontent of working class populations calling for a more equitable distribution of wealth and a more “homogenous” form of cultural identity from a more distant past. The actions taken today by world leaders will have direct consequences on shaping the post-New World Order for the many decades to come.

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Los hijos de los Presidentes

Lo mejor que pueden hacer los políticos para proteger a sus hijos es actuar como políticos y defender la independencia de las instituciones. En la medida que sepan construir cortafuegos entre sus intereses privados y su función pública, se estarán protegiendo ellos y protegerán también a sus familias.

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The Coming Struggle for the Spine of Latin America

This essay analyzes the multiple, simultaneous challenges and electoral processes currently affecting the situation and political-economic orientation of nations comprising the PacificRim, or spine, of Latin America. It examines the likely collapse of the trans-pacific partnership, the uncertain future of the Pacific Alliance, upcoming presidential elections in the next two years in Chile, Ecuador, Colombia, and Mexico, and another phenomenon, to conclude that the combination of these factors produces the possibility for significant change in the political and economic orientation of the region in the coming two years. It argues that such change, in combination with initiatives by the People’s Republic of China

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