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Over the last several decades, governments have collectively pledged to slow global warming. But despite intensified diplomacy, the world is already facing the consequences of climate…
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January 22, 2024
Trade
The Curse of Nostalgia: Industrial Policy in the United States
A critical look at the past and present of industrial policy shows that its recent popularity is not only misguided, but is likely to have negative economic and geopolitical consequences for the Unit…
March 17, 2023
China
How to Read Xi’s Muscular Message on China’s Global Role
Xi Jinping used the annual legislative session to lock in his tenure as president and reinforce China’s assertive foreign policy and the reemergence of its economy.
August 9, 2023
International Law
Deterrence Lawfare to Save Taiwan
A recent Council on Foreign Relations task force report about “U.S.-Taiwan Relations in a New Era” warns that “deterrence is steadily eroding in the Taiwan Strait and is at risk of failing, increasin…
June 2, 2022
Military Operations
How the Army Is Revamping Its Culture in the Wake of Tragedy
A series of troubling incidents within the U.S. Army—including the killing of Specialist Vanessa Guillén in 2020—has prompted the military service to push for major changes to its culture.
June 2, 2020
COVID-19
Graphing the Pandemic Economy
In a fast-evolving crisis like a pandemic, GDP and other conventional economic metrics are simply too slow to be useful for policymakers who need to make decisions about when to lock down and reopen …
March 31, 2022
Economics
Russia’s War Is the End of Magical Thinking
In her co-authored 2018 book Political Risk, former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice tells the story of an hourlong negotiation with Russian President Vladimir Putin. For what were clearly pr…