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March 30, 2006

United States
Read Barry Eichengreen

Eichengreen provides the best summary I have seen of competing views on the sustainability of large US trade deficits, along with the impact of sustained trade deficts on US external debt and the inv…

January 26, 2024

United States
Campaign Roundup: Is NATO on the Ballot in 2024?

Each Friday, I look at what the presidential contenders are saying about foreign policy. This Week: The 2024 election has potentially significant implications for the North Atlantic Treaty Organizati…

NATO flags as viewed hanging in a line.

December 8, 2023

Cybersecurity
Cyber Week in Review: December 8, 2023

Brazilian official uses ChatGPT to write law; U.S. healthcare regulators propose AI rule; IBM and Meta launch AI Alliance; EU member-states negotiate on AI Act; UK attributes Calisto threat actor to …

Members of the EU Parliament sit in the hemicycle during a plenary session at the European Parliament in Starsbourg, France

December 27, 2022

2022 in Review
Remembering Ten Americans Who Died in 2022

As 2022 comes to a close, here are ten Americans we lost this year who made a mark in foreign policy.  

Flags flying at half-staff near the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.

May 9, 2012

United States
A Primer on Military Force

As I’ve written previously, policymakers and pundits have some pretty silly proposals for the use of military force. Whether it’s President Clinton,“[It would] scare the shit out of al Qaeda if sudde…

Army tanks

November 4, 2021

China
Are China’s Domestic Politics Beginning to Erode its Governance?

Chinese authorities have launched a regulatory blitz.  But its haste and scope raise questions as to whether technocratic governance of the economy is eroding as China's politics swings in the direct…

Shanghai cityscape at night