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Disclaimer: This section features a selection of noteworthy analysis and forecasts which reflect the opinions of their authors. They do not necessarily reflect those of the Foundation for a World in Transition, nor of its members. The Foundation encourages the open exchange of opinion amongst its members yet does not take any institutional position.
The 2020s and the Rebuilding of America
With Dr. George Friedman
Deep Dish, Chicago Council on Global Affairs - April 22, 2020
The Trade-Offs on Tariffs and International Trade
With Pr. Douglas Irwin
Uncommon Knowledge, Hoover Instition - April 22, 2020
U.S. Views of China During the COVID-19
With Laura Silver & David Sanger
The Truth of the Matter, Center for Strategic and International Studies - April 23, 2020
U.S-China Relations 2020: Coronavirus and Elections
With Xie Tao
China in the World, Carnegie-Tsinghua Center - April 23, 2020
Walk Away from the Taliban, not Afghanistan
With General David H. Petraeus & Vance Serchuk
Overwatch, Institute for the Study of War - April 24, 2020
When the Tide Recedes
With Victor Davis Hanson
The Classicist, Hoover Institution - May 1, 2020
COVID-19 in Brazil; political crisis and state responses
With Antonio Sampaio
Sounds Strategic, International Institute for Strategic Studies - May 7, 2020
The Importance of Institutions
With Yuval Levin
Uncommon Knowledge, Hoover Instition - May 8, 2020
Navigating the Global Era
With Richard Haass
The President’s Inbox, Council on Foreign Relations - May 12, 2020
An Economic Update
With The Hon. Jerome H. Powell
Peterson Institute for International Economics - May 13, 2020
What the World Thinks about America in the Age of COVID-19
With Mark Hannah
Power Problems, Cato Institute - May 19, 2020
Election Security
With Pr. Joshua Geltzer
The Truth of the Matter, Center for Strategic and International Studies - May 21, 2020
An E-Commerce Moment
With Jake Colvin & Andrew Schwartz
The Trade Guys, Center for Strategic and International Studies - May 21, 2020
“Responsible Stakeholder” Fifteen Years On
With Ambassador Robert Zoellick
National Committee on U.S-China Relations - May 27, 2020
Nuclear Deterrence with Russia and China; Are U.S. Course Corrections Needed?
With Fiona Cunningham, Michael Kofman, & Amy F. Woolf
Cato Institute - May 28, 2020
Vox Populi: What Americans Think About Foreign Policy
With Dina Smelz & Mark Hannah
Carnegie Council - May 29, 2020
The end of U.S. supremacy at sea? China and Russia’s naval ambitions and how to counter them
With Nick Childs
Sounds Strategic, International Institute for Strategic Studies - June 8, 2020
U.S. Energy: Post Covid Outlook
With Secretary Dan Brouillette
Center for Strategic and International Studies - June 11, 2020
EU Trade Tensions, Lobster King, and Cigarettes
With Andrew Schwartz
The Trade Guys, Center for Strategic and International Studies - June 11, 2020
WTH is going on with Congress and China?
With The Hon. Cory Gardner
What The Hell is Going On?, American Entreprise Institute - June 12, 2020
Is Great Power Competition a Strategy?
With Ali Wyne
Modern War Institute - June 24, 2020
Latin America after COVID-19
With Luis Almagro
Brookings Institution - June 24, 2020
The U.S. Alliance System and the Chessboard
With Abe Denmark & Mira Rapp-Hooper
The Asia Chessboard, Center for Strategic and International Studies - June 29, 2020
A decade of Dodd-Frank
With The Hon. Chris Dodd, Barney Frank, Lael Brainard, Janet Yellen, Don Kohn, Hester Peirce, Jeremy Stein, & Richard Cordray
Brookings Institution - July 6, 2020
Global Challenges and the Future of U.S. Diplomacy
With Ambassador Frank G. Wisner
The President’s Inbox, Council on Foreign Relations - July 8, 2020
The Retrenchment in U.S. Foreign Policy
With Stephen Sestanovich
Council on Foreign Relations - July 8, 2020
How Cocaine Fuels America’s Longest War
With Toby Muse
War College - July 8, 2020
Hong Kong, WTO Island, and Biden’s Supply Chain Plan
With Andrew Schwartz & Jack Caporal
The Trade Guys, Center for Strategic and International Studies - July 10, 2020
Future warfighting: placing doctrine before technology
With Franz-Stefan Gady
Sounds Strategic, International Institute for Strategic Studies - July 20, 2020
Election 2020: How coronavirus is changing politics and public opinion
With Molly E. Reynolds, Elaine Kamarck, Camille Busette, & John Hudak
Brookings Institution - July 21, 2020
The opioid crisis in America : Vulnerable groups, law enforcement, and international supply
With John R. Allen, The Hon. Rob Portman, John Hudak, Peter Reuter, Vanda Felbad-Brown, & Claire Galofaro
Brookings Institution - July 23, 2020
Who’s Winning the U.S.-Chian Tech War?
With Adam Segal
Deep Dish, Chicago Council on Global Affairs - July 23, 2020
Is the United Nations Still Relevant at 75?
With the Hon. Jorge Castaneda , The Hon. Rt. Kim Campbell, & James Traub
World Affairs Council - June 29, 2020
What Led the U.S. to War in Iraq
With Robert Draper
Intelligence Matters, CBS News - July 29. 2020
The Republican Who Governed
With The Hon. Marco Rubio
The Realignment, Hudson Institute - July 29, 2020
Why Allies are Key for U.S. Security Today
With Mira Rapp-Hooper
Deep Dish, Chicago Council on Global Affairs - July 30, 2020
Big Tech and Antitrust
With Pr. Richard Epstein
The Libertarian, Hoover Institution - July 31, 2020
Hegemon: American Territorial Expansion and the Creation of the Liberal International Order
With Richard Maass & Patrick Porter
Cato Institute - July 31, 2020
Trump’s Jacksonian Realism
With Victor Davis Hanson
The Classicist, Hoover Institution - August 1, 2020
Defending the Defender in Chief
With Pr. John Yoo
Uncommon Knowledge, Hoover Institution - August 4, 2020
Breaking Up Big Tech: Should Congress Do It?
With Dipayan Ghosh
Brookings Institution - August 5, 2020
Nuclear Threats 75 Years After Hiroshima
With Elisabeth Sherwood-Randall & Scott Sagan
Deep Dish, Chicago Council on Global Affairs - August 6, 2020
The History of U.S. Foreign Policy
With Ambassador Robert B. Zoellick
The President’s Inbox, Council on Foreign Relations - August 12, 2020
The History of Regime Change in U.S. Foreign Policy
With Philip Gordon
Council on Foreign Relations - August 12, 2020
Hong Kong Symbolism, A Rollercoaster Kodak Moment, and Tariff Man Returns
With Andrew Schwartz
The Trade Guys, Center for Strategic and International Studies - August 12, 2020
Will Democrats or Republicans Contest the 2020 Election Outcome?
With J.D. Tuccille
CATO Institute - August 18, 2020
