The past four years of US protectionism and unilateralism will serve as a lasting reminder of how not to conduct trade policy in the twenty-first
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Why Biden Can Overcome Political Gridlock
According to conventional wisdom, US President-elect Biden will find himself immediately paralyzed because Republicans will follow the same
European Strategic Complacency Is Not an Option
It is now more clear than ever that Europe must take its security, broadly understood, into its own hands. Doing so will not only secure the
When History Finally Makes Sense
Joe Biden, the President-Elect of the United States of America, is just a man. And yet, in the deep wisdom found in democracy, he may be exactly
Letter from Edinburgh
America has been drifting away from Europe for decades. A Biden presidency cannot change this. Europe must come to terms with the currents,
Who Will Win the US Presidential Election?
If the latest polls are any indication, Joe Biden is on track to win the popular vote in the upcoming US presidential election by a substantial
Recovery and Renewal at the UN
Rising nationalism raises a significant risk that the UN system’s structure and institutions, essential but in need of repair and rejuvenation,
Stormwall: Observations on America in Peril
America stands at a critical turning point in its history, where the gathering storm clouds of four distinct crises have formed and are converging
The Most Contentious Election Ever
Much as we might prefer to see it otherwise, it is quite difficult to see how this ends well.
Herd Immunity Will Not Defeat COVID-19
Although White House officials deny that US President Donald Trump’s administration has adopted herd immunity as a strategy for combating
The UN’s Existential Crisis
Far from bolstering multilateralism, COVID-19 has revealed a world of nation-states locked into a destructive zero-sum contest. The United
The Fog of War
In this time of extreme flux, perhaps the only definitive statement that can be made is that political, policy and economic sources of uncertainty
Joe is not Barack (and that is a good thing)
Cometh the hour, cometh the man. ‘Uncle Joe’, centered and centrist, understanding and unflappable, decent and democratic, civil and civilian
Don’t Mess With Our History
President Trump has announced the creation of a 1776 Federal Commission to promote Patriotic History Education, which will classify any history
The Meaning of 200,000 COVID-19 Deaths
Americans’ desensitization to the pandemic’s skyrocketing death toll vindicates Joseph Stalin’s famous observation: “One death is
The Economic Case for Biden
US President Donald Trump has seeded the investment environment with uncertainty, trashed America’s trade relationships, blown up the
Reopening the Peace Factory
Some regard the United Nations as one of the greatest achievements of the so-called liberal international order that was conceived at the
Our Moral Compass
Are we still a nation that believes that character counts? Are we still guided by a strong moral compass?
The New Eastern Mediterranean Crisis
While much of the world remains distracted by the COVID-19 pandemic, Turkey is trying to reshape its geopolitical neighborhood, and Lebanon
The Coming Global Technology Fracture
Today’s international trade regime was not designed for a world of data, software, and artificial intelligence. Already under severe
Winning the Fight Against Cholera
In recent years, the world has made considerable progress in the fight against cholera. But, with climate change, urbanization, and population
Poverty as Injustice
Across Western advanced economies, a widespread sense of malaise has given rise to a debate about what the state can and should do to ensure
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The choices voters will make in the US, Germany and Japan, could not be more consequential. No less may be at stake than the fate of liberal