Donald Trump’s presidency has been characterized by confrontation with allies and emerging rifts within the Euro-Atlantic area. Given the current state of the relationship between the United States and the…
The following is the second of a two-part series. So What Now? Applying the experiences of the Cold War to the United States’ present circumstances suggests that a renewed strategy…
The following is the first of a two-part series. Today, the United States finds itself facing two near-peer competitors in Russia and China. Both are asserting their power and exhibiting…
In March 2019, the congressionally mandated Task Force on Preventing Extremism in Fragile States released a strategy taking stock of past successes and failures in efforts to defeat terrorism…
The following is the second of a two-part series. Public Reputational Accountability Gaps and Failures “The category of public reputational accountability,” Keohane asserts, “is meant to apply to situations…
Since its accession to the WTO in 2001, China has followed the lead of the United States and other countries who have pursued bilateral and regional trade negotiations as multilateral…
As part of its efforts to address Chinese trade practices, the United States demanded a provision in the recently negotiated United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) that constrains any of the parties…
On November 30th, 2018, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake rumbled through southern Alaska. The powerful quake caused extensive damage throughout the region as roads buckled, overpasses collapsed, and water and gas…
The Trump administration’s ‘America First’ policies come at a critical time in the global economy. These bad policies will have adverse consequences in international trade. In the absence of countervailing…
In addition to bad timing, the Trump tariff wars suffer from bad policies, which have been fueled by the eclipse of U.S. free trade legacy with the Americas, Europe, and…
