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The post-Cold War aid era might have been an interregnum, not the norm, says Cameron Hill, reviewing Lorenzini's "Global Development: A Cold War History".

The Biden administration’s National Cybersecurity Strategy, published in March 2023, outlines how the White House plans on defending America’s digital ecosystem from malicious threat actors. The document defines key priorities for shaping a global cyber landscape that is more resilient and secure, but the administration will face obstacles and challenges while putting its plan into action. Overcoming these obstacles will require it to devise flexible, sustainable, and realistic policies at h...

China has become the “world’s biggest debt collector” thanks to massive Belt and Road loans to developing nations.

India has a historical pattern of involvement in regional affairs, often aimed at countering Pakistan

The economic statecraft landscape is becoming more complex as transatlantic partners increasingly leverage the tools to counter threats.

Institutional Balancing Promotes Stability in Asia.

President Biden gives statement on his veto of H.J. Res 39. Vice President Harris speaks to roundtable with young men of color small business owners and entrepreneurs. Biden meets with Congressional leadership about avoiding default.

Foreign policy refuses to yield to the U.S. political calendar, and so, with Election Day looming in the U.S., this week the secretaries of defense and state escaped the Beltway for a whirlwind tour of the Indo-Pacific. Their trip included stops at three key island states that straddle the world’s superhighways of maritime trade: the Maldives, Sri Lanka, and Indonesia.

The G-7 mobilized $600 billion in infrastructure investments for middle- and low-income countries as a counterweight to Chinas BRI.

Some countries in the West like the US are more interested in using the Sri Lanka crisis for geopolitical manipulation than they are willing to offer real assistance to the country.