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North America in Transition: The Tariff Showdown and What it Means for the Future
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The North American trade relationship faces a major test. In early 2025, President Trump announced tariffs on imports from Mexico and Canada, citing irregular immigration, drug trafficking, and trade imbalances. Mexico faces a 25% tariff on all goods, while Canadian oil and energy exports endure a 10% tariff. These actions…
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Citizens’ Assemblies: A Path Towards A More Perfectly Representative Union
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Around the world, people seem dissatisfied with their leaders. This is particularly visible in the current era of anti-incumbency, which has taken hold in places as far-flung and different from one another as the United Kingdom to Botswana, India to South Korea, or Poland to Argentina. Incumbents are losing, or…
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It’s Time for a New Constitution
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On Thursday September 17, the United States celebrated Constitution Day—a holiday celebrating the signing of the Constitution in 1787. In the intervening 233 years, the document has undergone 27 revisions that have aimed at making the United States and its institutions more inclusive, responsive, and democratic. Yet for the entirety…
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Academic Stress in China: Coping with High Expectations in School Environments
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How do high school students cope with high expectations? A look at academic stress levels in China.
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A Nuclear World with Nuclear Problems
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An interview with atomic expert Kennette Benedict about the continuing dangers of nuclear weapons.
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Suicide Prevention: A Policy Solution?
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An examination of state insurance laws shows that mental health insurance coverage has a significant impact on suicide rates.
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Hoping to Create Your Own Silicon Valley? Don’t Count On Returnee Entrepreneurs
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Developing countries might be better off spending their resources on establishing the right policy environment for local entrepreneurs.
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Policy Radio | Former US Representative Steve LaTourette Reflects on Public Life, Public Debt, and an Excess of Lawyers in Washington
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This week we speak with former US Representative Steve LaTourette on what he accomplished during his two decades in Congress and how polarization in Washington and the growing debt go hand in hand.
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Policy Radio | Arsalan Iftikhar on the American Muslim Experience
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In this week’s episode of Chicago Policy Radio, Bassam Aoun sits down with Arsalan Iftikhar to talk about the American Muslim experience, immigration, and the changing demographics of the United States.
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