Trump’s decision to pull U.S. out of WHO will boost China’s influence Yanzhong Huang - June 22, 2020 The organization will probably look to Beijing for funding and leadership support.
Withdrawing thousands of troops from Germany will be costly for U.S. Mira Rapp-Hooper - June 8, 2020 These troops weren’t just protecting Germany.
Bolton alleges that Trump helped out China’s leader on ZTE. What’s ZTE? Henry Farrell - January 28, 2020 Trump let a Chinese telecommunications firm off the hook after hearing from China’s president
‘The Crown’ explains why Trump is a weak head of state Miles Kahler - November 25, 2019 Presidents should balance pleasing their supporters with uniting the country. Trump got only the memo about the first part.
Trump once talked of a ‘beautiful safe zone’ in Syria. But safe zones aren’t actually safe. Lionel Beehner - October 21, 2019 They can escalate conflicts, research shows.
Trump will send troops to Saudi Arabia. Here’s why it matters that there’s no formal defense alliance. Mira Rapp-Hooper - September 22, 2019 The U.S. has a number of mutual defense treaties — but not with Saudi Arabia or Israel.
Women are mysteriously missing from D.C. think tanks’ foreign policy panels. Here’s the data. Mimosa Giamanco and Federiga Bindi - August 21, 2019 Here’s the fifth article in our series on the gender gap in political science.
The new World Bank head wants some changes. That could backfire. Melvin H. L. Wong, Lennart Kaplan, and Kai Gehring - April 24, 2019 We investigate how aid affects violence in African nations.
Trump confused everyone by canceling North Korea sanctions. The explanation may have been a coverup. Henry Farrell - March 26, 2019 A protester wearing a mask of President Trump passes by
Democracy matters for health care. Here’s how we measured this. Tom Bollyky, Tara Templin, and Simon Wigley - March 21, 2019 The effects are greatest for chronic diseases.