When Dollar Dominance Stops Paying Dividends
For much of the post-war era, the United States has enjoyed an economic advantage unavailable to any other major power: the ability to finance its ambitions in a currency that the rest
The Indispensable Americans We Risk Taking for Granted
In a season of sharpened rhetoric about immigration, trade, and foreign influence, a curious silence has settled over one of the most successful immigrant stories in modern American history. While headlines track
Evaluating Financial Vulnerabilities in the $10 Trillion AI Expansion
The rapid evolution of artificial intelligence (AI) has precipitated an unprecedented physical infrastructure boom, challenging traditional paradigms of corporate finance and macroeconomic forecasting. Between 2025 and 2032, total investment in AI data
A War on Sugar
Washington has discovered its newest public-health villain, and this time it isn’t trans fat, salt, or red meat. It’s the birthday cupcake. Under the Trump administration’s newly released dietary guidelines, parents are
If Security Expires, So Will the Peace
When Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says that 15 years of security guarantees are not enough, he is not bargaining for prestige or symbolism. He is arguing from lived experience. “We are already
The Vanishing Epstein Files
In a move that reeks of cover-up, at least 16 files vanished from the U.S. Justice Department’s website less than 24 hours after their release. This incident, unfolding on December 20, 2025,
Trump’s Trade War Could Cost Washington Its Most Important Asian Partner
There is now an explicit debate in Washington over whether Donald Trump’s tariff-heavy approach is putting the United States on a path to “lose” India as a long‑term strategic partner. The argument
Welcome to the Enshittoscene: Why Our Digital Lives Fell Apart – and How Do We Get Them Back
There was a time—not so long ago—when logging onto Twitter felt like slipping into a crowded bar where everyone was witty, well-read, and improbably on the pulse of whatever mattered. Yes, it
A Curiously Cordial Collision: Mamdani Meets Trump
The Oval Office played host to one of the more unexpected theatrical episodes of contemporary American politics: an encounter between President Donald Trump and Zohran Mamdani, the freshly minted mayor-elect of New
Courting the Crown Prince: Trump’s Risky Reboot of US-Saudi Ties
Donald Trump’s renewed embrace of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is opening a new era in US-Saudi relations, marked by ambitious security and economic pacts—even as core supporters in the MAGA
The Privatization of Planetary Cooling
Silicon Valley likes to move fast and break things. But what happens when the things at stake are not social networks or taxi markets, but the global climate system itself? That question
Beware the Pakistan Mirage
Washington is once again tempted by an old illusion: that Pakistan can act as a dependable partner in South Asia. President Donald Trump, fresh from boasting of brokering peace after the latest
Trump Declares ‘New Dawn’ for Middle East as Final Gaza Hostages Freed
In a moment thick with symbolism and political theater, U.S. President Donald Trump stood before Israel’s Knesset on Monday and proclaimed what he called “the historic dawn of the new Middle East.”
