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May 7, 2024

Election 2024
Guarding the Ballot: Addressing Foreign Disinformation and Election Interference

Panelists discuss the escalating threat of foreign disinformation and other forms of election interference and what the United States and its allies can do to combat this risk.  This meeting part …

Play An American voter casts a ballot at an election booth.

June 18, 2021

Defense and Security
Anticipating Instability: The Untapped Potential of Women, Peace, and Security

This post was authored by Valerie M. Hudson, a University Distinguished Professor in The Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University, and Brenda Oppermann, an associate profe…

A soldier walks toward several Afghan women and children

October 2, 2012

Trade
The Changing Politics of Chinese Trade and Investment

On the same day last week that President Obama was issuing an order blocking a Chinese company from acquiring several Oregon wind farms, the Financial Times had a fascinating story on the changing po…

Then-presidential nominee Senator Barack Obama waves to the crowd after speaking at a campaign rally at Ault Park in Cincinnati, Ohio in October 2008 (Jim Young/Courtesy Reuters).

October 28, 2013

Budget, Debt, and Deficits
Shadow of the Sequester

The news shows this weekend were filled with optimism from across the political spectrum that the congressional budget conference, which begins Wednesday, will produce a deal. I am skeptical. The aim…

February 26, 2016

China
Friday Asia Update: Five Stories From the Week of February 26, 2016

Rachel Brown, Lincoln Davidson, Sungtae “Jacky” Park, Ariella Rotenberg, Gabriel Walker, and Pei-Yu Wei look at five stories from Asia this week. 1. South Korea tells China to back off on THAAD. Thi…

North-Korean-South-Korean-missiles

March 18, 2021

Oceans and Seas
Gone Fishing

Industrial overfishing and other man-made factors have pushed one-third of the world’s fish stocks to be threatened with extinction, and many other species are not far behind. The problem represents …

Podcast A large trawl with fish was dragged onto the deck of the ship