To Fund Infrastructure, Tax Carbon Emissions
If the midterm elections result in a so-called blue wave, Democrats could lead the push in...
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Category: Economics & Trade Policy
Trade Wars and Trump: Why the U.S. Might Rejoin the TPP
Thursday morning, President Donald Trump announced that he had directed his economic adviser Larry...
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The TPP Precedent and the RCEP Reality: Multilateralism in the Asia Pacific, Part 1
In direct affirmation of his campaign promise, President Trump withdrew the United States from the...
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TribFest: U.S. – Mexico NAFTA Renegotiations Cause Worry Along the Border
Photo: Jonathan McIntosh (CC) At a Texas Tribune Festival panel on “Trump and Mexico”, fear and...
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Sprawl City Bank Run: Dallas Twitter Users on DFW’S Gas Shortage After Hurricane Harvey
Photo (CC): Astronaut Randy Bresnik took this photo of Tropical Storm Harvey from the...
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SNAP in a Trump Budget
Photo: Paul Sableman (CC) Crook Fellow Cassie Davis details the effects of the Trump...
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US-Mexico Relations in the Trump Era—Where Do We Go From Here?
Photo: Reuters/Henry Romero In my class with the Strauss Center’s Mexico Security Initiative[1],...
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A Pro-Women Opportunity for U.S. Policymakers
Photo: USAID. This op-ed was first published on The Hill on March 8, 2017. Authors: Catherine...
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Women at a Cultural Crossroads in Japan
Photo: Devin Stewart, Senior Fellow at Carnegie Council, featuring Prof. Mari Miura and Seiko Noda...
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Smart Diplomacy: Reflections From a Career Ambassador
Before he was whisked away from our interview to moderate a conflict resolution exercise, I had a...
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What a Crisis Taught me About Diplomacy
A few weeks ago I took part in a policy simulation and learned as much about international...
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Why the Debt Ceiling is Bad Fiscal Policy
Imagine a federal policy so redundant, so archaic, and so inefficient that it fails to accomplish...
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