The foreign policy team Biden appoints matters less than the world they inherit, policies they pursue, and the pressure they get from progressives.
Issues / Labor, Trade, & Finance
My participation in a session on climate and energy policy hosted by the Saudi government would have “greenwashed” the summit.
Biden may tone down Trump's trade war and bring back some limited human rights advocacy, but there may be more continuity than either administration admits.
Even a lame-duck Congress must remember their actions have global consequences too.
Workers in Mexico and the United States face some of the same challenges--and some of the same employers.
Make no mistake: The Trump administration’s heartlessness and militarism are costing lives.
Dispossessed white men have haunted Western politics for generations. The answer isn’t to jettison “identity politics” — it’s to create truly meaningful new opportunities.
Wildly profitable military contractors have been unapologetically shaking down lawmakers for pandemic cash.
Trump is doing whatever he can to make it impossible for his successor to resolve some of the world’s most intractable problems.
With oil prices down and wealthy countries bungling COVID-19, the pandemic has exposed the weaknesses that wealth papers over.