Commentary

For the fifth time in 16 months, Richard McDowell is heading to Baghdad - in direct violation of fed

I have been recently contacted by someone who has been looking into the possibility of exporting som

Sea power has long been one of America's strongest assets in maintaining our world leadership. As cu

An independent arbitration panel found U.S. import quotas and duties on Mexican handmade corn brooms

International financial markets are at a crossroads.The decline in Asian emerging equity mar

When they're all singing the same lines on Capitol Hill and in the White House about orchestrating g

In something of an anticlimax, the White House last week finally admitted that President Clinton has

As Bruce Barnard mentions on these pages, British Prime Minister Tony Blair may have been a hit in W

Monica Lewinsky has a lot to answer for in Europe.The way continental Europeans see it, Pres

They may not have a glitzy name, but 401(k) retirement plans have become hugely popular among Americ

During my 25 years in the U.S. Senate, I've dealt with a number of tough problems. But there's one t

Japan is down, mired in a returning ''recession,'' though it's not official yet. But being the secon

For years now, China has attempted to emulate the industrialization model of other Asian countries b

Washington and Tokyo are in a dialogue of the deaf. Clinton administration officials urge Japan to d

It's one of the great mysteries of the world: How is it even statistically possible for attractive s

With much of Asia in economic convulsions, a plump Beijing economist thrashes an imaginary whip to e

Strong U.S. job growth continues to point to the unprecedented underlying soundness of America's lon

The U.S. telecommunications revolution that was supposed to crack open competition, increase consume

Millions of Americans remember ''Remember the Maine!'' but few remember why.At 9:40 p.m. on

The chaos of the Great Depression leading into World War II convinced American leaders that economic

The Department of Commerce has yielded to reason and decided to ease restrictions on the export of e

In the wake of the Asian economic crisis, some of China's die-hard communists have adopted an ''I to

A memorable wine bar from my university days in Australia flashed back as I meandered from one gloom

Proponents of foreign aid and environmental initiatives rarely find many allies among Republicans in

The big cloud on the U.S. economic horizon today is the Asian crisis. The United States should end a

In his recent State of the Union address, President Clinton again proposed plans to improve educatio

It's coming. When the Clinton administration reports the nation's final 1997 trade results next week

When Uncle Sam closed the books on fiscal 1997, federal budgeteers were shocked to find the deficit

Julian L. Simon, 65, a prolific writer who taught economics at the University of Maryland, died of a

Raghuraj Pratap Singh - politician, minor feudal lord and a man accused of 13 serious crimes - is ou

The Europeans, especially the French, are taking their usual patronizing attitude toward our latest

Boris Yeltsin's recent ''world war'' outburst in Moscow and the role Russia's shuttling diplomats ar

When President Clinton met with his Brazilian counterpart last October, he was told, ''The new globa

The United States, in a move that should be accepted by acclamation, has proposed a World Trade Orga

Raymond W. Kelly, the muscular treasury undersecretary for enforcement, has been a weightlifter for

Long after the rubble has been swept away, residents of disaster-prone areas often face a financial

The middle-aged woman stood in the bitter cold, a small array of cheap barrettes and hairbands sprea

The U.S. economy continues to operate at a robust level of performance, but early warning signs are

The administration's message is getting through to Congress: If the developed countries don't respon

In keeping with the classic form of re-election years, congressional leaders have plans to spend the