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As US-China trade talks get underway while US concern for cyber-security grows, in this first AEI Economic Studies analysis, "Telecoms and the Huawei conundrum: Chinese foreign direct investment in the United States," AEI scholar Claude Barfield explores the case of Chinese telecom equipment maker, Huawei and its commitment to long-term investment in the US.

For the Obama administration, the entire effort on direct Israeli-Palestinian talks constitutes an enormous wasted opportunity and foreshadows a potential diplomatic and political embarrassment of considerable proportions.

While the Obama administration may have had a relatively good year in Asia, it still must follow up and break bad habits.

For the United States, the critical role that the TPP could play in Japanese politics and economic reform raises the stakes.

This event will discuss the future of U.S. policy towards Iran.

The Obama administration could abstain from a Security Council resolution affirming a Palestinian state, and we will soon see how hostile to Israel President Obama is prepared to be.

If Erdogan believes it is up to any state and any region to choose its own name, then no longer should the Turkish government complain when diplomats and officials speak of the Kurdistan Regional Government, Iraqi Kurdistan, or even South Kurdistan.