On April 2, US President Donald Trump proposed sweeping tariffs on nearly all of America’s trading partners, wiping more than $5 trillion from the value of global stock markets, and fueling recession fears. In the face of the impending financial meltdown, the “reciprocal” tariffs were then “paused” for 90 days, but the tit-for-tat retaliation with China […]
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In mid-March, Lee Zeldin, President Donald Trump’s newly confirmed administrator of the US Environmental Protection Agency, announced that the EPA was undertaking a formal reconsideration of its “endangerment finding.” The Trump administration has made no secret of its desire to rescind the 2009 declaration that greenhouse-gas (GHG) emissions endanger “both the public health and the […]
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As we welcome the Nepali New Year 2082, I extend my heartfelt best wishes for peace, prosperity, and unity to all Nepalis—whether at home or abroad. With the arrival of each new year, we look toward the future with renewed hope, light, and determination. And yet, for many years now, we have also seen each […]
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Globalization helped make the United States the most prosperous country in history. But many Americans apparently did not feel (or appreciate) it, so they voted to “liberate” themselves from the system that America built. President Donald Trump is now delivering for them, and the consequences are reverberating around the world. “Now it is our turn […]
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“Today we’re in one era, and tomorrow we’ll be in a different era,” President Donald Trump loudly proclaimed from the White House Rose Garden as he hiked US tariffs to their highest level since 1909. “No one’s done anything quite like this!” Not true. On October 1, 1949, Chairman Mao stood atop the Tiananmen, the […]
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Too often, the conversation about Africa’s energy challenge focuses only on connecting end users. With around half of the people living in Sub-Saharan Africa lacking access to electricity, and with four out of five in need of clean cooking solutions, extending electricity connections is indeed an urgent priority. But connecting households and businesses to power sources is only part of the […]
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One of the vital issues of the July uprising was establishing the rule of law. The uprisers claimed that the ousted government led by Sheikh Hasian distorted the Judiciary and the rule of law in Bangladesh. For this reason, in post-July, July uprisers kicked out Justices of the High Court and the Supreme Court, including […]
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In the heart of Kathmandu, two young Nepali lives perished in the middle of the turmoil and smoke—not by coincidence or fate, but by the same Federal Democratic Republic system that was meant to keep them safe. The streets of Tinkune are now a chilling reminder of the ignorance of a government, the brutality of […]
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BOSTON – As we enter the second half of the 2020s, AI capabilities are increasingly becoming the key determinant of economic and military might. Hence, after years of ratcheting up US controls on exports of advanced semiconductors to China, the Biden administration, as one of its final acts in office, issued an “interim final rule” […]
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Although semiconductor chips are ubiquitous nowadays, their production is concentrated in just a few countries, and this has left the US economy and military highly vulnerable at a time of rising geopolitical tensions. While the United States commands a leading position in designing and providing the software for the high-end chips used in AI technologies, […]
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