With the Aug. 1 tariff deadline nearing, the U.S. is already seeing an effective tariff rate of over 18% according to the Yale Budget Lab, putting the rate at a 92-year high. In many ways, the first ...

Editor’s note: This article is the eighth in an 11-part series examining how the United States should organize, lead, and integrate economic statecraft into strategy, defense practice, and the broader ...

Currency swap lines are useful foreign-policy tools, but current law limits their availability.

The Biden administration’s recent decision to block Nippon Steel’s acquisition of U.S. Steel highlights a concerning shift away from strategic economic diplomacy. By rejecting this deal — which ...

On 24 March 2025, President Trump issued Executive Order 14245 authorizing Secretary of State Marco Rubio to impose a 25 percent tariff on all goods imported into the United States from any country ...

With the second Trump administration has come a dramatic shift in U.S. foreign economic policy. Washington is imposing tariffs on partners and rivals alike, slashing foreign aid, aggressively ...

Daleep Singh is a former US deputy national security adviser in the Biden administration and a key architect of US sanctions against Russia. He spoke recently with Daniel Flatley, a national security ...

As US military action against Iran proceeded, the Trump administration made gains across the map aimed at limiting China’s ...

South Korea’s president, Lee Jae Myung, gestures for Donald Trump to take a seat ahead of talks in South Korea in October. Yonhap / EPA Make American shipbuilding great again (Masga) may sound like an ...

Taiwan is reportedly considering a $15 billion military package as an overture to President-elect Donald Trump. This comes just as the island nation agreed to spend over $2 billion in American weapons ...

Peace and prosperity in Asia – the world’s most dynamic economic region – has not always existed. Taking the long view, conflicts, trade disputes and political tensions were often normal; the peace ...