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May 30, 2023

India
The Quad’s Longevity Might Hinge on Its Health Plan

Even though China might have spurred the Quad’s initial health response, the answer to its longevity lies in building sustainable future coordination.

U.S. President Joe Biden, Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, and India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi hold a Quad meeting on the sidelines of the G7 summit.

May 16, 2023

United States
Why Today Is Not Like the 1850s

American politics turned hyper toxic several years ago, and ever since commentators have raised the specter of a second civil war. No other historical parallel, it seems, captures so viscerally today…

Supporters of former U.S. President Donald Trump stand near Confederate and U.S. flags in Wellington, Ohio on June 26, 2021.

April 14, 2023

China
China’s Media and Information Warfare

One of Beijing’s goals globally is to promote its model of technology-enabled authoritarianism. Democracies ought to share best practices on how to respond.

A man in a blue suit sits in front of a microphone, speaking and gesturing with his hands.

April 13, 2023

Diamonstein-Spielvogel Project on the Future of Democracy
Back to the Future in U.S.-Mexican Relations

After decades of democratic progress, human rights and the rule of law in Mexico are under siege. It would be a grave error for the United States to believe that its only interests in Mexico are trad…

Protest in support of the INE and against President Obrador's plan to reform the electoral authority, in Mexico City

March 17, 2023

Iraq
Twenty Years After the War to Oust Saddam, Iraq Is a Shaky Democracy

On the two-decade anniversary of the U.S. invasion, Iraq is weakly governed, leaving it prone to instability and meddling by neighbors—especially Iran.

An Iraqi soldier watches gun-toting men from the Saraya al-Salam militia, who are stand on a truck bed