Contra Kleptocracy
Getting a Grip on Global Financial Infrastructure

To fight kleptocracy, it’s time to make the privately-run plumbing of the global financial system more accountable to international institutions.

Belarus on the Boil
The Time to Act is Now

The West needs to unambiguously take a stand on Belarus before September 10.

The Global Tech Wars
Huawei Is Just The First Battle

A global Manhattan Project to create an ethical future is certainly a tall order, but the status quo is not an option.

Environmentalism
Apocalypse Now?

Sane policymaking always grapples with trade-offs. Environmental policymaking should be no different.

Portraits of Leadership
Why America Liked Ike

The contrast between President Eisenhower and the current occupant of the White House is stark. But in truth, few political figures since the beginning of the 1960s have conducted themselves in the dignified way Ike did.

TAI Virtual Conversations
Dubai and Global Illicit Financial Flows

Earlier today, TAI Editor-at-Large Ben Judah led a conversation with Jodi Vittori, Lakshmi Kumar, Karen Greenaway, and Matthew T. Page, whose hard-hitting report on global corruption was recently published by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Read the report here, grab a coffee, and watch the discussion!

Democracy vs. Autocracy
Who Has the Right Stuff?

Matthew Kroenig’s new book makes a strong, grounded case that democracies have clear strategic advantages over their autocratic rivals.

The Revolution in Belarus
No Country for Simple Solutions

Getting Belarus on track will be difficult. But it must be tried.

2020
The Decline of the West—New and Improved

If you liked the 1930s, you will love the 2020s. Again, it is crisis-overload: COVID, economic catastrophe, the assault on free trade, and the rise of illiberalism on the left and on the right. With the United States abdicating, who will answer the 911 calls?

Transition Crisis
Getting from November to January

Wargaming shows that, short of a landslide victory for Joe Biden in the upcoming elections, we may be headed for a severe constitutional crisis. Here are six strategies for averting the worst outcomes.

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