Category: Timely Commentary & Analysis

Content

Podcast

Jan 27, 2026

Markets, monetary policy, and central bank independence

By the GeoEconomics Center

In this episode of Guide to the Global Economy, experts assess the significance of the US Justice Department’s investigation into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and growing tensions between the White House and the Fed over interest rates, why markets aren’t reacting to the clash, and what’s at stake for US economic credibility and the US economy as a whole.

Economy & Business

Trackers and Data Visualizations

Jan 7, 2026

US-Brazil trade dashboard

By the Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center

Amid the United States' high-stakes trade offensive against Brazil, this tracker monitors how tariffs are reshaping the trajectory of US-Brazil commerce.

Americas Brazil

Spotlight

Dec 17, 2025

Latin America and the Caribbean in 2026: Ten defining questions for the year ahead

By the Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center

A look at the ten defining questions that will shape Latin America and the Caribbean in 2026.

Argentina Brazil

Podcast

Dec 15, 2025

The Thing (1982)

By the Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense

Bond yields have spiked, especially in advanced economies. But why is that? And what does that actually mean? Alice Fulwood, US business editor at the Economist and co-host of the podcast Money Talks, joins Josh and Jessie to decode the signals in the global bond market—from Iran inflation concerns to growing government debt.

Podcast

Dec 11, 2025

“Youth as merchandise”: Iraqi mercenaries in Ukraine

By Alia Brahimi

In Season 2, Episode 13 of the Guns for Hire podcast, host Alia Brahimi is joined by the Iraqi political analyst Mohammed Salih to discuss the legion of Iraqi men turning up on the frontlines of the war in Ukraine.

Iraq Middle East

Transcript

Dec 10, 2025

Inside the Trump trade strategy with US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer

By Atlantic Council

Greer joined the Atlantic Council to discuss the US approach to trade and tariffs in the next year.

China Mexico

Op-Ed

Nov 21, 2025

NATO’s spending pledge is no invitation for creative accounting

By Justina Budginaite-Froehly, LeAnne Noelani Howard, Timo S. Koster

This article was first published in Defense News on November 5, 2025. This excerpt has been edited for style. Nearly five months have passed since the June 2025 NATO summit in The Hague, where allied leaders unveiled what seemed like a bold new commitment—a collective defense-spending benchmark of 5 percent of GDP by 2035. The […]

Trackers and Data Visualizations

Nov 9, 2025

Tracking Iraq’s 2025 elections and coalition building

By Victoria J. Taylor, Nibras Basitkey, and Daniah Jarrah

Keep up with what our experts want you to know about the Iraqi elections and the coalition building that follows.

Elections Iraq

Podcast

Nov 5, 2025

V for Vendetta (2005)

By the Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense

Bond yields have spiked, especially in advanced economies. But why is that? And what does that actually mean? Alice Fulwood, US business editor at the Economist and co-host of the podcast Money Talks, joins Josh and Jessie to decode the signals in the global bond market—from Iran inflation concerns to growing government debt.

Podcast

Oct 17, 2025

The X Files: The Pine Bluff Variant (1998)

By the Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense

Bond yields have spiked, especially in advanced economies. But why is that? And what does that actually mean? Alice Fulwood, US business editor at the Economist and co-host of the podcast Money Talks, joins Josh and Jessie to decode the signals in the global bond market—from Iran inflation concerns to growing government debt.

Load More