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The History and Future of Presidential War Powers
Lindsay: With several major wars threatening to spill over into wider regional conflicts, the question…
Theodore Naff
Theodore Naff is a PhD candidate in economics at the University of California, Los Angeles.…
Novels on Authoritarian Rule V
In this second summer reading edition of authoritarian novel mini-reviews, we continue our discussion of…
Africa in the Shifting Global Order
Lindsay: Hi, this is Lindsay Shingler, the host of Talking Policy. I’m proud to share…
Allies Navigate the Trump-Xi Summit
During his May visit to China, President Donald Trump received a grand welcome from Xi…
Five Questions on China in Africa and the Middle East
China puts substantial diplomatic energy into its relations with the Global South. Your book shows…
How Climate Change Is Reawakening Mercury Pollution
In 2024, floodwaters tore through communities in southern Brazil, displacing more than 600,000 residents. These…
China, Russia, and North Korea’s “Axis of Upheaval”
Will China, Russia, and North Korea align more closely with one another? Will cooperation among…
Climate Change and Public Trust in Europe
Amid an unprecedented heatwave in Europe this week, a look back at the 2025 European…
Alumni Confidential: Francesca Giovannini
You are the executive director of the Project on Managing the Atom at Harvard’s Belfer…
The Iran Catastrophe
The Iran war is the ultimate war of choice—and the United States has clearly lost.…
Nuclear Security in the 21st Century
Lindsay: In the eighty-plus years since nuclear weapons were first developed, a lot has changed.…
Los Alamos Director Thom Mason Delivers Keynote Address at IGCC
The global security environment is changing faster than at any point since the end of…
Inside China’s “AI for Science” Strategy
At its developer conference last week, Google unveiled Gemini for Science, a new suite of…
“Free at Last”: What Bangladesh’s Interim Government Can Teach Other Countries in Transition
Upon casting his ballot in Bangladesh’s February election, Muhammad Yunus reflected buoyantly to a reporter…
Artificial Intelligence and the Governance Vacuum
In 1969, four university computers exchanged the first message over ARPANET, a Defense Department project…
Will People Surrender Civil Liberties in Exchange for Action Against Migration?
Civil liberties—including but not limited to the freedoms of speech, assembly, and movement—are a core…
The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank in a Fracturing Multilateral System
In April last year, the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) held their Spring…
Power of the Purse: Authoritarian Attacks on Local Officials
“It’s an all-out war in the case of Hungary, Poland, and Turkey […] we are…