The Armenian-Azerbaijani dispute has always been about more than Karabakh. It has also been about transit routes. Now that Baku has succeeded in restoring control over Karabakh, it is now focusing on the Armenian region…
A judge in Maricopa County ruled that state officials violated open meeting law when it approved the value of a right-of-way for the Copper World mine project, located 35 miles southeast of Tucson in the Santa…
The city of Tucson has made a pattern of wasting resources and taxpayer money on expensive, inefficient, and dangerous responses to homelessness, instead of creating and funding actual models of care that would help houseless…
By Jason Moyer (FPRI) — The Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania have an enduring connection to their occupation by the Soviet Union — they are all still on the Soviet-era power grid, controlled…
It’s easy to overlook a once-revolutionary idea long after its immediate impact. When “The Skin of Our Teeth” premiered in 1942, its novel absurdity provoked strong public reactions. Despite mixed critical reviews, playwright Thornton Wilder…
By Sayuri Shirai In Japan, cashless payment tools have become increasingly common. Japanese citizens are now comfortable with using credit cards and the severe labor shortage has accelerated the automation of payments. The cash-free payment…