News Archive - Good Authority

Good to Know: Sovereign debt

Layna Mosley and B. Peter Rosendorff - January 10, 2025

Sovereign borrowing is central to what governments do – but increasingly costly, even for wealthy democracies.

Stacie Goddard - January 9, 2025

Trump doesn’t seem to understand that nations don’t buy and sell territory any more.

Erica De Bruin and Heather Sullivan - January 8, 2025

Brazil’s democracy faced a major test, according to the police report on this coup attempt.

Jeremy Wallace - January 7, 2025

Multiple scholars weigh in, evaluating democratic flexibility vs. authoritarian control.

Brent E. Sasley - January 6, 2025

Nasrallah’s end, Netanyahu’s warrant, and Assad’s fall.

Christopher Federico - January 3, 2025

The sale of U.S. Steel is blocked.

Alexander Kustov - January 3, 2025

Why there is a never-ending cycle of governments doing something and the public wanting the opposite.

Desh Girod - December 30, 2024

What W.E.B. Du Bois and “Wages of Whiteness” can teach us about the 2024 election.

John Sides - December 27, 2024

Here is what got the most attention from readers.

Emmanuel Balogun - December 23, 2024

Why Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger plan to exit the African bloc – and what happens now.