Essays
Corporate Welfare
The Nuclear Industry at the Feeding Trough

The nuclear lobby is playing the national security card in trying to justify Federal handouts. It’s a con.

The Eternal Lies of Communism
Xi’s Precarious Bargain

To understand why Beijing is lying so much about COVID-19, you have to understand the corrupt deal China’s Communist Party has struck with the country’s elites.

Photo by CDC.
slippery slopes
The COVID-19 Test of Democratic Governance

The coronavirus crisis provides all sorts of authoritarian temptations—even for democratic governments. Carefully considering human rights in assessing various policy responses can help us see the dangerous red lines.

DEEP DIVE
The Distribution of Suffering, Relief, and Greed in the Pandemic

McKinsey’s former chief economist and a Global Justice Fellow at Yale delve into the COVID-19 data. Part one of a two-part essay on the inequities exposed by the global pandemic.

Viral Politics
Winning the Great Power Competition Post-Pandemic

As the virus disrupts comfortable illusions and accelerates historical trends, the United States must lead the free world in shaping a more democratic global order.

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Why England Slept
How the Young JFK Processed a Historical Earthquake

In 1940, the future President tried to understand how England had appeased Hitler and sleepwalked into war. Might his analysis teach us something today?

Signing of the Dayton Peace Agreement in 1995.
25 Years After Dayton
How The Coronavirus Might Finally Fix Bosnia

The coronavirus crisis has revealed just how economically unsustainable Bosnia’s bloated government actually is. Now, on the 25th anniversary of the signing of the Dayton Accords, it’s time to get ambitious about constitutional reforms.

Photo from @JulianRoepcke
Western Blind Spots
Filling the Balkan Power Vacuum

Western inattention has created opportunities for China and Russia to make mischief in the Western Balkans. It’s time we put an end to it.

Diplomatic Duplicity
The Kremlin’s Coronavirus Gambit

By offering aid to hard-hit countries, Moscow hopes it can restore its reputation as a responsible global actor.

Post-COVID
The Wages of American Political Decay

The coronavirus is unlikely to clear the decks for long-term policy reforms. If anything, it may put them further out of reach.

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