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Life after terrorism: Offer a path from ISIS back home?

This letter is a response to an op-ed titled “Why We Should Take Back Americans Who Fought for ISIS” by Bryant Neal Viñas from March 4, 2019. To the Editor: Bryant Neal Viñas writes that the United States should take back “those Western foreign fighters who do not...

SHENZHEN VS. WEIMAR: Europe at the Crossroads

By Erik Sass TES Editor   Paris in spring 2019 is a study in contrasts, juxtaposing fabulous cultural treasures with damaged storefronts and heavy police presence, testimony to the populist eruption that has rocked France in recent months. The contrasts were no less...

Newspaper: EU Copyright Law Stifles Innovation

  The LA Times published a scathing (well, impassioned) editorial arguing that the EU’s new Copyright Directive could squash small companies that promote aspiring music and movie creators.   To comply with the new law, everyone publishing content will need to...

Sorry Finland: Don't Be Happy, Worry

  By Daniel McGroarty GeoPolicy Editor   What’s the happiest country on Earth?  The data is in:  Finland.  So says the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Solutions Network in its new report.  Yes, it’s really a thing.   But Finland’s happy news comes as others...