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January 21, 2025

Asia
What Trump’s Appointments Tell Us About His Asia Policy

Security is likely to take priority over trade tensions in a second Trump administration.

Secretary of State nominee Marco Rubio wears a navy suit, red tie, and American flag lapel pin while speaking.

January 24, 2025

Foreign Policy
What I Saw in Davos: Middle Powers Rise and Trump’s Shadow Looms

A dispatch from the fifty-forth annual World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, where the focus this year is on the presence of emerging economies—from Brazil to Indonesia—while the political and …

U.S. President Donald Trump makes a special address at the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland, January 2025. Yves Herman/Reuters

November 26, 2024

RealEcon
Scott Bessent May Rue the Day He Became U.S. Treasury Secretary

Trump's nominee to run the Treasury faces a tall order—dealing with mounting debt, implementing an aggressive tariff regime, and navigating a thorny relationship with the Federal Reserve.

Government Shutdown, Interest Rates - stock photo.

July 20, 2021

Middle East and North Africa
Generation X’s Short Arc of History

Ben Rhodes’s new book about global politics reveals the limits of the Obama administration’s worldview.

U.S. Deputy National Security Advisor Ben Rhodes speaks about Obama's upcoming visit to Cuba at the White House in Washington February 18, 2016. U.S. President Barack Obama on Thursday announced a historic visit to Cuba next month, speeding up the thaw in relations between the two Cold War former foes but igniting opposition from Republicans at home.

December 9, 2020

International Law
U.S. Supreme Court Assesses Corporate Complicity in Child Slavery

Should U.S. companies be held responsible for child slavery on West African farms where cocoa beans are harvested? The top U.S. court’s decision could have major consequences for chocolate companies …

A farm worker breaks a cocoa pod at a plantation near Guiglo, western Ivory Coast.

June 16, 2018

North Korea
The Singapore Summit’s Uncertain Legacy

The Singapore summit lessened the chances of conflict in the short term, but the ultimate legacy of the summit could still be a march toward war.

Jonathan Ernst/Reuters

June 25, 2021

International Law
The Supreme Court Denied a Child Labor Claim Against U.S. Firms: What to Know

Though Nestlé and Cargill were not held accountable for child labor in their supply chains, the Supreme Court upheld the precedent that corporate decisions are subject to international law.

A ten year old works at a leather tannery in Bangladesh, where enforcing international laws against child labor in the supply chain is increasingly difficult.