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Author:: Gary Clyde Hufbauer and Sean Lowry
Publication Date:: 04-2012
Content Type:: Policy Brief
Institution:: Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)
Abstract:: In his 2012 State of the Union address, President Obama claimed that "over a thousand Americans are working today because we stopped a surge in Chinese tires." The tire tariff case, decided by the president in September 2009, exemplifies his efforts to get China to "play by the rules" and serves as a plank in his larger platform of insourcing jobs to America.
Topic:: Economics, Industrial Policy, International Trade and Finance, and Governance
Political Geography:: United States, China, and America

Author:: Douglas Farah
Publication Date:: 12-2012
Content Type:: Journal Article
Journal:: Journal of International Affairs
Institution:: School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University
Abstract:: This article will examine the changing roles of Central American gangs within the drug trafficking structures, particularly the Mexican drug trafficking organizations (DTOs), operating in the region. This will include the emerging political role of the gangs (Mara Salvatrucha or MS-13 as well as Barrio 18), the negotiations between the gangs and Mexican DTOs for joint operational capacity, the interactions between the two sides, and the significant repercussions all this will likely have across the region as the gangs become both better financed and more politically aware and active. This article is based on field research in San Salvador, where the author was able to spend time with some members of the MS-13. It is also informed by his examination of the truce between the gangs and the Salvadoran government, as well as the talks between the gangs and the Sinaloa cartel.
Topic:: Government
Political Geography:: America and Mexico

Author:: Jake Adelstein and Ania Calderón
Publication Date:: 12-2012
Content Type:: Journal Article
Journal:: Journal of International Affairs
Institution:: School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University
Abstract:: As the world furthers its interconnectedness, some criminal organizations formerly operating within a regional jurisdiction are now benefitting from transnational growth. Similar to international corporate expansion, members of organized crime in Japan, also called yakuza, have proven to be “innovative entrepreneurs,” increasing their profits by extending their reach. Based on his reporting on crime in Japan for more than twelve years, investigative journalist and author of Tokyo Vice: An American Reporter on the Police Beat in Japan, Jake Adelstein, has uncovered compelling insights from the operations of modern yakuza and their reaction toward legal constraints. In an interview with Ania Calderón of the Journal, Adelstein discusses how the yakuza are transitioning into powerful organizations and becoming increasingly international.
Political Geography:: Japan, America, and Tokyo

Author:: Richard Wolffe
Publication Date:: 10-2012
Content Type:: Journal Article
Institution:: Chatham House
Abstract:: With one month to go before election day, Richard Wolffe looks at Barack Obama's campaign and finds he is borrowing from George W. Bush's playbook.
Topic:: History
Political Geography:: America and Chicago

Author:: John Bolton
Publication Date:: 10-2012
Content Type:: Journal Article
Institution:: Chatham House
Abstract:: John Bolton argues that Obama's failure to exert power has left the US vulnerable
Topic:: Foreign Policy
Political Geography:: Russia and America

Author:: Bruce W. Jentleson and Charles A. Kupchan
Publication Date:: 10-2012
Content Type:: Journal Article
Institution:: Chatham House
Abstract:: Charles Kupchan and Bruce Jentleson on the President's national security record
Political Geography:: America and Washington

Author:: Ian Bremmer
Publication Date:: 07-2012
Content Type:: Journal Article
Institution:: Chatham House
Abstract:: Ian Bremmer is an American political scientist and founder of the Eurasia Group. He is the author of Every Nation for Itself: Winners and Losers in a G-Zero World
Political Geography:: America

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