Will America Ride the Next Wave of Innovation and Growth?
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Patriots and Mercenaries: Five Questions on Ethnicity in Russia’s Army
How has Russia kept up its invasion for so long? What’s the strategy, and how…
Russia is Capitalizing on Economic Distress to Accrue Influence in Africa
Remonstrations in Kenya and Nigeria that spread, through protest and the ballot box, across Africa…
IGCC and UCDC Experts Share Lessons on Bridging Policy and Academia
On May 19–23, the University of California Washington Center (UCDC) hosted the inaugural class of…
How Washington is Ceding its Geoeconomic Edge to China
The United States is falling behind in its geoeconomic competition with China—especially in the developing…
The Accomplishments and Contradictions of China’s Semiconductor Industrial Policy
The global semiconductor landscape has undergone a dramatic transformation since the introduction of the Made…
How Gender and Economics Shape Attitudes Towards Immigration
Immigration issues are at the forefront of political discourse across the developed world, galvanizing citizens…
Fusion and China’s Quest for Energy Independence
China already dominates clean energy supply chains for wind and solar, and is fast becoming…
Talking Nukes, Quantum, and Innovation at IGCC’s Postdoc Conference
On May 7 in Washington, D.C., IGCC hosted the annual conference of the 2024–25 Postdoctoral…
The India-Pakistan Crisis Reveals Shifting Geopolitical Realities
Lindsay: An attack on April 22nd in Indian-administered Kashmir ignited the most serious fighting between…
China is Militarizing—Will that Make War More Likely?
The global order is fracturing, with hot wars raging in Europe, the Middle East, and…
Cleaning Up the Global Energy System
Nicolas: Hello, my name is Nicolas Wittstock, and I will be your guest host for…
A Debate on What Liberalism Is and Isn’t
Stephan Haggard rebuttal to essay by Clifford Bob: Do international organizations made up largely of…
Will Trump’s Tariffs Make America Great?
Since President Trump’s April 2 “Liberation Day,” much has been said about the contradictions of…
Flooding the Zone—Foreign Policy Edition
First-term White House chief strategist Steve Bannon famously recommended a “muzzle velocity” of policy initiatives…
America First vs. a Community of Shared Future: The U.S.-China Competition for Hearts and Minds
Lindsay: Few, if any, observers thought that relations between the U.S. and China would improve…
The American Innovation System’s Storied History and Uncertain Future
Nicolas: Hello, my name is Nicolas Wittstock, and I will be your guest host for…
Technology-Powered Public Goods are Possible—With Strategy
The world’s most dangerous technologies are built on scientific advances that also promise enormous opportunities…
Anachronism and Political Performance Define U.S. Tariff Policy
On April 10, after a week of plummeting stock markets and a day of declining…
14 Books on Authoritarian Rule
The study of authoritarianism has gained momentum over the last twenty years after lying fallow…