Politics & Diplomacy

Preventing World War III

By Frederick Kempe

Angell's "Great Illusion" turned out to be tragic delusion. By failing to anticipate the prospect of war between a rising Germany and a declining United Kingdom, the U.S. and others took too few steps to prevent it.

Emmanuel Macron can make France great again

By Nicholas Dungan

Macron’s approval ratings stand at an all-time low with over seventy percent of French people polled not expressing confidence in his leadership.Yet great hopes have been pinned on Macron and he has worked hard to fulfill them.

TRADE IN ACTION November 16, 2018

By Global Business & Economics Program

May’s Brexit deal: with Cabinet nod secured, next stop parliament

By David A. Wemer

Based on early reports on the details of the draft deal, the United Kingdom would remain in a customs union with the EU throughout a transition period and until there is an agreement on a permanent trade deal.

No good Brexit options

By Peter Westmacott

The only certainty is that Britain will be worse off if it leaves the EU, in whatever form. Since the referendum, Britain has changed from being the fastest-growing economy in the G7 to the slowest.

A ‘European’ army? eminently defensible but not probable for a long time to come

By Brooks Tigner

So how feasible is a common army for the foreseeable future? Not very—and not just for political reasons, but also for things quite mundane.

Trump’s test on Iran: Turning disruption to progress

By Frederick Kempe

Without minimizing the other challenges, my wager is that the Iran issue may become the Trump administration’s most defining foreign policy challenge over the coming two years, viewed alongside North Korea as part of a dual effort to counter rogue regimes.