Message to China: The Appeasement is Over
(Washington, D.C.): In his meeting with Chinese Vice Premier Qian Qichen at the White House yesterday, President Bush faced a...
Homeland Security and Counterterrorism
Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner?
(Washington, D.C.): It is a singularly disturbing thought: Could your dinner be your downfall? Daily, headlines from Europe scream about...
A Letter to the President
President George W. BushThe White HouseWashington, D.C. 20500 Dear Mr. President: I am writing to express my strong support for...
California Treasurer Expands Social Investing’ to Include Freedom-Based, Financially Prudent Principles
(Washington, D.C.): A groundbreaking front page story in the Sunday New York Times of 11 February appeared under the headline...
Will The Hanssen Arrest Prompt The Bush Team to Correct Clinton-Era Inattention to Security?
(Washington, D.C.): The arrest of FBI counter-intelligence (CI) agent Robert Hanssen on espionage charges yesterday is not only a reminder,...
Will Bush Team End the Ongoing Defense Fire Sale’?
(Washington, D.C.): This afternoon, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) will meet to consider the proposed...
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review scorches State’s public pension system over portfolio’s global bad actors’
Last Sunday's edition of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review ran a blockbuster expose of the Pennsylvania State Employees' Retirement System -- "one...
Bloomberg Reports Beijing’s Obfuscation Strategy Concerning Intensifying Sinopec-Iran/ILSA Controversy
(Washington, D.C.): On 19 January, the Bloomberg wire ran a news item that should be of more than passing interest...
Sinopec-Iran Deal Facing Increased Scrutiny: Capital Markets Dimension Could Spell Trouble For Wall Street
(Washington, D.C.): Over the past several days, mounting anger is being expressed in the United States -- notably by the...
Insult to Injury: Sinopec’s Iranian Deal Constitutes Apparent I.L.S.A. Violation
(Washington, D.C.): Last week, Sinopec the Chinese state-owned energy company whose listing on the New York Stock Exchange last October...
WSJ Asia calls attention to Clinton’s rebuff of the US Religious Freedom Commission
In an important article in today's Asian edition, the Wall Street Journal reported on President Clinton's dismissive response to a...
Clinton’s Parting Shot at International Religious Freedom
(Washington, D.C.): On 19 December, President Clinton fired off a letter to U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) Chairman...
PetroChina Coalition Urges American Shareholders to Divest — and to Expand Political Risk’ Assessments
(Washington, D.C.): A large coalition of non-governmental groups (NGOs) from across the political spectrum chose Pearl Harbor Day to call...
Casey Chair Robinson Addresses Nation’s Women Legislators on Protecting State Public Portfolios from Fund-Raising Efforts by Global Bad Actors’
(Washington, D.C.): Following remarks by Congressmen Asa Hutchinson (R-AR) and David Vitter (R-LA) at a plenary breakfast in New Orleans...
Sobering up on China
(Washington, D.C.): An amazing thing happened in Wednesday's Washington Post: Readers were informed in a front-page article that Communist China...
U.S. Religious Freedom Commission Challenges President Clinton On Upcoming China Sovereign Bond Offering
(Washington, D.C.): The next major development in the escalating controversy over Chinese efforts to finance odious activities on the U.S....