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November 3, 2021

Trade
Why Are Supply Chains Blocked?

Because there is relatively little slack built into global supply chains, large deviations from normal patterns produce delayed responses, shortages, backlogs, and bottlenecks, like those today.

Container ships wait off the coast of the congested Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach on October 1, 2021.

April 25, 2023

China
Critical Minerals and China, With Morgan Bazilian

Morgan Bazilian, director of the Payne Institute and a professor of public policy at the Colorado School of Mines, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss why critical minerals have emerged as a m…

Podcast Miners move bags of cobalt inside the CDM (Congo DongFang Mining) Kasulo mine.

October 3, 2023

Religion
Social Justice Webinar: Global LGBTQ+ Rights

Jessica Stern, U.S. special envoy to advance the human rights of LGBTQI+ persons, discusses the current state of LGBTQ+ rights globally. Ruth Messinger, global ambassador for American Jewish World Se…

Play People with their hands in at a Pride event

December 2, 2010

Budget, Debt, and Deficits
Belt-Tightening for U.S. Foreign Policy

The bipartisan deficit reduction plan stresses the need to tighten U.S. foreign policy priorities, even if U.S. allies fail to pick up the slack, says expert Michael Mandelbaum.

November 15, 2006

Intellectual Property
Reforming U.S. Patent Policy

Overview The conversation on American competitiveness is often intertwined with the conversation on innovation. The liberalization of trade and the increasing influence of emerging markets such…