Sebastian Mallaby argues that although it will not solve all U.S. economic woes, a manufacturing renaissance is both possible and desirable.

A clean revolution could enhance U.S. energy security and create a stronger economy, yet arguments for it are unlikely to find their way into the presidential campaign, argues John Elkington.

Beijing's increasing diplomatic and commercial presence in Africa has led to a grassroots backlash across the country from its native residents.

Peter Orszag explains that privatization would allow the U.S. Postal Service to free itself from congressional shackles and manage its operations more efficiently.

President Obama proposed this plan with specific legislative proposals and executive actions, on July 17, 2012. His plan is based on the Advanced Manufacturing Partnership's 2012 report, Capturing Domestic Competitive Advantage in Advanced Manufacturing.

The President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology adopted the recommendations of the Advanced Manufacturing Partnership (AMP) Steering Committee in July 2012. This report builds on the 2011 AMP report, Ensuring American Leadership in Advanced Manufacturing.

Janet Cowell and Roland Stephen discuss the decline in manufacturing in North Carolina and across the United States, and offer policy recommendations to help states better respond to global competition.

Michael Spence writes that myopic U.S. energy policies highlight the need for persistence, longer-term thinking, and bipartisanship in U.S. policymaking.

Peter Orszag argues that U.S. business leaders who want better economic policy should work to get more moderates elected to Congress.

North Carolina, which was struck harder by the loss of manufacturing than any other state, offers a realistic guide for communities across the United States with how best to adapt to this new era of growing international competition.

Edward Alden highlights the skepticism over international trade that confronts advocates for greater American involvement in the global marketplace.

Jagdish Bhagwati criticizes U.S. President Barack Obama for failing to close the Doha Round, decrying outsourcing, and surrending to the "manufactures fetish."

Jagdish Bhagwati and Rajeev Kohli make the case for proposed reforms to India's retail sector that would allow the entry of retail giants like Wal-Mart, Tesco, and Carrefour.

As Barack Obama's push for a growth-boosting infrastructure boom becomes bogged down in political divisions over federal spending, a stalling recovery makes action increasingly urgent, writes Anna Fifield in the Financial Times.

Obama's former auto czar explains the key to Germany's export boom -- and how the United States can emulate it.

This Working Paper analyzes trends in the American economy's performance over the past two decades; in particular, it examines changes in employment and value added in U.S. industries.

Due to an increasing U.S. Federal government deficit many groups now argue for the institution of a national value-added tax (VAT) to increase government revenue.  James M. Bickley of the Congressional Research Service examines the plausibility of enacting such a plan.

Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua's efforts to reform the oil and gas industry have the potential to upset the fragile Nigerian internal political balance among the regions, ethnic and religious groups, and patronage networks, writes John Campbell.

Award-winning historian Walter Russell Mead says, "The key political question of the twenty-first century is, 'How does the U.S.-China relationship develop?'"