The Trump Economy Is Bad News for Republicans by Desmond Lachman
Donald Trump triumphed in the 2024 election by continually hammering on the Biden administration’s dismal inflation record. If his party…
The ECB Should Not Raise Interest Rates Yet by Philippe Legrain
Against a backdrop of acute uncertainty, weak growth, subdued wages, and elevated market interest rates, monetary tightening is warranted only…
Using AI to Test Policy Language by Monica de Bolle
Policymakers have long understood that language affects economic behavior, but until recently, there were few tools capable of systematically analyzing…
Putting American Science on a MAGA Leash by Stephen Holmes
A draft rule from US President Donald Trump’s White House Office of Management and Budget would subject all scientific research…
The US and India Have Become Regional Rivals by Brahma Chellaney
While the US views India as a counterweight to China in Asia, it balks at the idea of Indian regional…
Trump Wants to Privatize His Presidential Records by Mark J. Rozell & Mitchel A. Sollenberger
By enacting the Presidential Records Act in response to Richard Nixon’s malfeasance, the US Congress created a process to limit…
The Rape of Venezuela by Ricardo Hausmann
Politics Jun 2, 2026 Ricardo Hausmann Venezuela’s oil production is rising, yet its currency is depreciating, inflation is accelerating, and…
The Tech-MAGA Breakup Is Coming
Donald Trump has managed to fuse a backward-looking populist movement with a Silicon Valley vanguard whose guiding assumption is that…
What Price Hormuz?
Donald Trump has three primary objectives in the Persian Gulf: unwind the Iranian nuclear program, permanently reopen the Strait of…
Americans Can’t Afford Trump’s Economy by Jeffrey Frankel
Prices are rising faster than wages in the US, and President Donald Trump’s policies are a key reason why. Now…
Reading Between China’s Red Lines by Stephen S. Roach
Chinese President Xi Jinping’s blunt warning to US President Donald Trump about Taiwan was clearly intended to sharpen the distinction…
The Gangster Logic of Trump’s Tariff Wars by Anne O. Krueger
US President Donald Trump has turned tariffs into instruments of extortion, pressuring trading partners into investment commitments that advance his…
Whose Vote Will Count in America’s Midterms? by Reed Galen
Democrats and Republicans alike are more focused on giving themselves an electoral advantage through redistricting than on appealing to voters,…
Is Trump’s Iran War a Crime of Aggression? by Lawrence Douglas
America’s war on Iran is widely considered an illegal act of aggression in clear violation of the United Nations Charter.…
Has Taiwan Made Itself Immune to American Betrayal? by Channing Lee
Although Donald Trump’s recent statements about Taiwan seemed like a gift to Chinese President Xi Jinping, such rhetoric no longer…
The US and China Must Learn to Coexist by Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg
The Beijing summit between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping showed that competition between the United States and China need not…
Brothers in Humiliation
Confident in the belief that there is nothing their respective militaries cannot do, Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump led their…
The World Economy After the Trump-Xi Summit by Shang-Jin Wei
en English Economics May 15, 2026 Shang-Jin Wei If Donald Trump and Xi Jinping’s Beijing summit produces a sustained Sino-American…