Cities Are the Next Growth Brands (U.S. News and World Report)

A new study released by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) and WPP’s BAV Consulting suggests that perceptions of a city can greatly impact its success, prosperity and livability. In other words, brand image matters—even for municipalities.

http://www.usnews.com/sponsored1?prx_t=4v8BACjUFAs4IFA

Time For a Woman to Lead the U.N. (Jean Krasno, U.S. News and World Report)

The United Nations turned 70 last year, a lifetime according to life expectancy projections. It has had eight secretaries-general, all men. Each one has contributed to the organization according to his own personality, how he viewed the role of the secretary-general, and within the context of the times, during the Cold War and following its very abrupt end in the early 1990s.

http://www.usnews.com/news/best-countries/articles/2016-03-18/time-for-a-woman-to-lead-the-un?int=a14709

Forging a New Check on China (Jennifer M. Harris, U.S. News and World Report, CFR)

U.S. leaders still haven't quite figured out the right formula for the greatest geopolitical challenge facing the United States this century: managing China's rise. But that may have changed Monday, when President Barack Obama welcomed leaders from the 10 member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations for a two-day summit at Sunnylands in California, the so-called Camp David of the West.

http://www.cfr.org/asia-and-pacific/forging-new-check-china/p37547