Import Controls
Tools to Counter the CCP's Industrial Policy and Supply Chain Threats
Asia
10 Ways the U.S. Can Strengthen Deterrence in the Taiwan Strait
Memos
Advice to Europe: “America hasn’t won, but Iran may be losing.”
*This article was originally published in French In Europe, and especially in France, the verdict seems to be in. The United States, we are told, has pursued a strategy toward Iran that is as brutal...
Op-eds
US and Canada brawl over hockey sticks — so China skates off with big trade wins
It’s like a fistfight between conjoined twins: The United States and Canada are throwing tariffs and insults at each other tit-for-tat in one of the most unnecessary trade wars in recent memory. “I...
Op-eds
Iraq Struggles To Find Oil Export Options, but the UAE May Be Able To Help
Iraq relies on oil revenue for over 90 percent of its budget. With exports hovering at around half of the usual 3.4 million barrels per day (bpd) that were exported before Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz,...
Policy Briefs
Erdogan’s Iraq play: A bigger game than oil
There is an easy way to read Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s decision to host Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al Zaidi in Ankara on July 28, and to call the visit “historic”: as an energy...
Op-eds
A Bipartisan Fix, 30 Years in the Making
Bipartisan lawmaking is alive and well, at least when it comes to a dangerous but little-known loophole in America’s system for enforcing trade policy. This flaw can be seen in the case of $14.4 million...
Insights
U.S. Targets Iran’s Hormuz Extortion but Leaves Foreign Financial Enablers Untouched
Tehran faced two rounds of new U.S. sanctions in as many days. On July 29 and July 30, the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued back-to-back sanctions targeting the...
Policy Briefs
Securing the Arctic
The U.S. And Its NATO Allies Should Work Together – Not Against Each Other – To Secure the Arctic
Op-eds
Trump’s unpredictability and China’s bullying force a reaction in Asia
Governments across the region are assuming more responsibility for their countries’ security.
Op-eds
How to Get the Other Half of US Economic Statecraft Right
The United States has the means to block adversaries from gaining an advantage in trade. However, it also needs a positive vision and toolkit for international commerce and investment.
Op-eds
Why the Houthis Declared a Blockade on Saudi Arabia
The Yemeni militant group is poised to disrupt another key chokepoint in the global energy supply.
Op-eds
On U.S. Military Aid Phase-Out for Israel, Go Smartly — Not Quickly
The United States and Israel announced on June 5 the launch of formal negotiations to replace the existing U.S.-Israel memorandum of understanding (MOU), which provides the framework for the annual provision...
Policy Briefs
A Troubling Precedent from Seoul
Recent geopolitical turmoil has made it clear that the United States needs reliable partners. And rather than just diplomacy for diplomacy’s sake, the urgent necessity of America’s reindustrialization effort...
Op-eds
Can the NPT Survive Amid Global Disorder?
The 2026 NPT Review Conference is unfolding against a backdrop of geopolitical upheaval. Absent strong U.S. leadership inside and outside the conference, even modest success appears remote.
Op-eds
Turkey’s corridor dream won’t beat IMEC – but it could still reshape Eurasian trade
War has a way of redrawing maps – not just political ones, but commercial ones as well. The outbreak of conflict with Iran has disrupted longstanding trade arteries linking Asia to Europe, from Persian...
Op-eds
New U.S. Counterterrorism Strategy Spotlights Muslim Brotherhood
Amid the war with Iran, the Trump administration has not forgotten about the Muslim Brotherhood. On May 6, the White House released its 2026 counterterrorism strategy, identifying the Muslim Brotherhood...