Bullying Friends: On Tariffs, Norms, and Canada
I started this post last week, then life and events overtook it. Foreign affairs world went nuts, with the ousting of Tillerson and McMaster. Daniel
March 19, 2018
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Amazon in DC-area is bad… for America
I’m not a NIMBY. I don’t want Amazon to come to the DC area. But this isn’t personal. It will probably make traffic worse and
January 23, 2018
Robots are coming, but maybe not to consumers
Reading coverage of the Consumer Electronics Show, it does not appear that the robots left anyone terribly impressed. We all have images of Rosie the Robot
January 17, 2018
Trumpest in a Teapot: On the new U.S. Embassy in London
In typical “presidential” fashion, that man in the White House tweeted that he would not go to London to open the U.S. Embassy, because we got
January 12, 2018
Balancing Pakistan…with Iran?
The illustrious Christine Fair has an article in Foreign Policy discussing what’s going on between the U.S. and Pakistan entitled Pakistan Has All the Leverage
January 5, 2018
Writing Mad: Our Failed Public Diplomacy Campaigns
I try to affect a mild analytic tone in my writing here (which probably doesn’t get me many readers.) But today I can’t, I am
December 28, 2017
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Advice for Joe Biden’s 2020 running mate in USA Today
August 11, 2020
USA TODAY OPINION ‘The vice presidency is a good gig’: Here’s some advice for Joe Biden’s 2020 running mate Aaron Mannes, Opinion contributor Published
Listening to Women, Learning Empathy
September 18, 2018
Somehow this Rothko captures the mood. I am not writing this to advertise myself as some wonderful “woke” guy who really gets all of the
Technology, Risk and Facebook’s Dating Service
May 3, 2018
Facebook, thanks for providing the perfect demonstration of my recent paper on risk communication and technology, presented at WeRobot2018. In starting a new dating service,