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March 11, 2011

Defense and Security
TWE Remembers: The Lend-Lease Act

Americans like to imagine that in days long past politics stopped at the water’s edge and America spoke with one voice to the world. More often than not, however, our foreign policy debates have been…

lend-lease-bombers-xl

January 16, 2024

China
How One Port’s Struggle Reveals the Problems—and Promise—of Chinese Infrastructure Financing

Chinese port financing has plenty of drawbacks. But developing countries have few alternatives. 

A lone man stands at the end of an old and broken pier watching the boats in the background in the bay of São Tomé city, São Tomé and Príncipe, September 16, 2021.

September 9, 2023

Venezuela
The Price of Oil and of Human Rights

The Biden administration is promoting greater oil exports by Iran and Venezuela, weighing oil prices more heavily than human rights in U.S. foreign policy.

October 27, 2023

China
Prized Panda Diplomats Return to Beijing

The National Zoo’s giant pandas will return to China by mid-November.

A giant black and white panda lays on a tree branch.

September 7, 2023

Latin America Studies Program
Latin America This Week: September 7, 2023

Petro’s latest scandal could reenergize Colombia’s lackluster conservative opposition; foreign direct investment in Latin America defies global downturn.

Colombian President Gustavo Petro attends event with the Colombian government's peace negotiators and members of the ELN.

September 12, 2023

China
The Role of U.S.-China Competition in Global Health Aid

The United States and China are competing to offer health aid to nations in the South Pacific.

A soldier stares at a white U.S. Navy ship with a red cross.

September 3, 2020

Women and Women's Rights
Constitutionalizing Equality: The Equal Rights Amendment as a Catalyst for Change

The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) is back in the headlines with new ferocity. Following Virginia’s ratification earlier this year, the House of Representatives moved swiftly to grant the amendment a n…

Equal Rights Amendment, Virginia

November 29, 2023

Economics
How the U.S. and EU Could Harmonize Their Approaches to Trade in EVs and Steel

Despite sharing broadly similar policy goals, the U.S. and EU are currently struggling to find common approaches to trade in green goods. New ideas are needed.

How the U.S. and EU Could Harmonize Their Approaches to Trade in EVs and Steel