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April 21, 2020

COVID-19
Singapore: The Limits of a National Response

The recent rise in COVID-19 cases in Singapore shows that there are limits to what national responses to a global pandemic can achieve. 

Migrant workers look out from their balconies at Punggol S-11 dormitory, during the coronavirus outbreak in Singapore on April 6, 2020.

March 8, 2023

Taiwan
How Will China Respond to Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen’s Visit to the United States?

Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen will visit the United States next month. China is sure to retaliate, but how far it goes will say a lot about the trajectory of cross-strait and U.S.-China relations.

Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen leaves the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in New York during her visit to New York City, July 11, 2019.

February 10, 2023

Cybersecurity
Cyber Week in Review: February 10, 2023

Spoofing methods and deepfakes discovered in Russian disinformation campaign; India bans apps with Chinese links; Google unveils chatbot to compete with ChatGPT; Iran hacks Charlie Hebdo; Quad launch…

A person types as a line of text in Russian appears superimposed over a screen of computer code.

October 3, 2023

China
China Isn't Shifting Away From the Dollar or Dollar Bonds

China's reserves has shifted its dollar reserves from Treasuries to Agencies, and made increased use of offshore custodians. The available evidence suggests that it still holds about 50 percent of it…

U.S. Portfolio vs. China's Reserves and Other Foreign Assets

July 12, 2023

United States
Two Takes on U.S. Debt and the Debt Ceiling

Economists Benn Steil and Glenn Hubbard give their respective takes on the debt ceiling and the United States' national debt.

U.S. President Joe Biden holds debt limit talks with House Speaker McCarthy at the White House in Washington.

December 2, 2022

United States
A Divided Congress May Still Get Things Done

The experience of the soon-to-be-concluded 117th Congress offers some hope for the next two years

U.S. President Joe Biden signs the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act on the South Lawn at the White House in Washington, U.S. November 15, 2021.