September 19, 2019

President Trump’s Decision to Impose Additional Sanctions on Iran

Additional sanctions on Iran will not produce a diplomatic breakthrough so long as the Trump administration's clings to its unrealistic demands.

• Statement on President Trump’s Decision to Impose Additional Sanctions on Iran 

  By Christopher A. Preble 

A First Look at Facebook’s Oversight Board

The Facebook Board’s impact on free speech will be determined over time, decision by concrete decision. Free expression could have been treated as just another competing value in this Charter and related documents. It is more than that. Free expression is paramount. Now will the Facebook Board live up to its Charter?

• A First Look at Facebook’s Oversight Board

  By John Samples

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Selling F‑16s to Taiwan Is Bad Business

Instead of providing for Taiwan’s defense from China, what the F-16 deal will do is give Taiwan the confidence to act in ways that aggravate China and encourage China to act more aggressively in turn.

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New York Bill Would Enable Visitation Demands On Adoptive Families

The New York legislature has approved a bill that would expose long-settled adoptive families to legal proceedings by birthparents demanding visitation rights.

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Capital Gains Taxes: Already Too High

Other advanced economies have low capital gains taxes for sound reasons.

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