October 6, 2025, RESEARCH Report by Karl Friedhoff, Rick Bowmer / AP, Download Report (PDF), Washington is already behind in the race to secure critical minerals and rare earth elements. This report presents a path forward., Executive Summary, The race to secure critical minerals (CM) and rare ea...

interview with the author, Taipei, May 23, 2023; Enoch Wu (Founder, Forward Alliance

Christopher Multhauf $1,030 $1,030 Christopher Lyons $1,030 $1,030 Chicago Loop Alliance

Other alliances for mayors to join in support of executive action implementation

August 21, 2023, RESEARCH Report by Elizabeth Shackelford , Ethan Kessler , and Emma Sanderson, USA AFRICOM, Download Report (PDF), The US strategy toward Africa today is neither effective nor sustainable. It’s time to flip the script., US policy in Africa has for too long prioritized short-ter...

of life This includes public transit, the environment, safe streets, good health

is Washington losing, but it is falling further behind by undermining the alliances

Africa has brought some discrete, concrete gains— most clearly in the fields of health