Pandemic Politics and the End of the Old International Order
The COVID-19 crisis is the greatest shock to world order since World War II. Millions have been infected and killed. The economic crash...
Policy and institutional responses to COVID-19: Australia
Although it struggled to contain an outbreak around Melbourne in midyear and an outbreak at year’s end on Sydney’s northern beaches, Australia is...
How leaders and publics around the world are reacting to events at the Capitol
On January 6, 2021, while members of Congress met to certify the election of Joe Biden as the next president of the United...
Globalizing the COVID vaccine
The development and approval of safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines less than a year after the start of the pandemic is a truly...
No, it’s not a coup — It’s a failed ‘self-coup’ that will undermine US...
The shocking sight of a mob of Americans taking over the Capitol elicited speculation about whether this is a coup, an insurrection, a...
Avoiding the climate canard in US-China relations
As the calendar turns to 2021 and a new presidential administration prepares to enter office, so too are the contours of debate shifting...
After lifting restrictions on US-Taiwan relations, what comes next?
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s January 9 announcement that the United States was terminating restrictions on U.S. government contacts with Taiwan officials generated...
Congressional Study Group on Foreign Relations and National Security
The Congressional Study Group on Foreign Relations and National Security is a program for congressional staff focused on critically engaging the legal and...
The US must now repair democracy at home and abroad
Wednesday’s insurrection laid bare the fragility of democracy in the United States. It is unsurprising that many Americans feel their confidence in the...
Nuclear Command and Control
On May 7, 2020, the Congressional Study Group on Foreign Relations and National Security convened online to discuss the question of the command and...