Commentary and Analysis

Ravi Agrawal, Prashant Rao, and Lijia Zhang join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

Misinformation is clouding Brazil's election. The challenge is determining what information is true—and who gets to decide, writes Nonresident Fellow Robert Muggah.

Why microchips are at the heart of the geopolitical contest between the US and China.

The Zuni Indigenous community looks towards their past to address issues around agriculture, food access, health, and the environment in sustainable ways.

The post-industrial communities of the Midwest are shaking off their Rust Belt label to emerge as leaders in the blue and green economies.

"A key task for Washington and Beijing should be exploring and expanding cooperation on shared interests," Paul Heer writes.

Indians strongly support the bilateral partnership and anticipate increased US security assistance. But Americans are less enthusiastic about growing ties.

"We need to define and enlist allies in a shared global agenda to strengthen our national economies and democracies," writes Nonresident Senior Fellow John Austin.

"Support for restraint is found in the goals Americans prioritize for the US response to the war," Mark Hannah and Dina Smeltz write.

"I expect for her to move more towards the center, and she will have to keep the EU happy," says Theresa Fallon on Italy's new Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.