Commentary and Analysis

Ravi Agrawal and Giles Whittell join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

“Made in Democracy” is a better label than “Made in America” if the goal is to strengthen our collective Western economies as well as our political alliances.

"Regulation of the industry could be coming, which could signal its death knell," Paul Poast argues.

How are soaring costs affecting lives and testing political support for sanctions on Russia?

"Europeans are right to feel uneasy about the direction of US trade and foreign economic policy," warns Council President Ivo Daalder.

"Increasingly people's perceptions of the state of the economy are a function of their partisanship," says Nonresident Senior Fellow Diana Mutz.

"Could an alternative to the U.S. dollar as a 'safe haven' emerge? Perhaps, but it’s not likely in the near term," Paul Poast argues.

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

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

"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.