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March 4, 2024

United States
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act: Unsung Hero Protecting Critical Infrastructure from National Security Threats

One of the IIJA's lesser known components is the investment it provides for resilience against cyber threats to critical infrastructure like ports, energy grids, transmission lines, and railways.

Biden

December 15, 2022

Cybersecurity
Digital Agriculture—A Gap in Critical Infrastructure Protection

Despite digital technology's growing importance in the world's food supply, governments have done little to secure digital agriculture or include it under critical infrastructure protections.

A tractor pulling a ripper sits in the middle of the frame, with green fields on the right third of the picture, and an empty field covering the rest.

February 9, 2024

United States
Campaign Roundup: President Biden Criticizes Israel’s Military Operations in Gaza

Each Friday, I look at what the presidential contenders are saying about foreign policy. This Week: Israel’s war against Hamas is creating policy and political dilemmas for President Biden.

Biden Gaza

February 16, 2024

United States
Campaign Roundup: Donald Trump Says He Will Not Protect “Delinquent” NATO Members

Each Friday, I look at what the presidential contenders are saying about foreign policy. This Week: The forty-fifth president says he will encourage Russia to attack NATO countries who don’t spend en…

Trump Photo

April 26, 2024

United States
Election 2024: Is Donald Trump an Isolationist?

Each Friday, I look at what the presidential contenders are saying about foreign policy. This Week: Donald Trump has long criticized U.S. foreign policy. That doesn’t mean he wants America to “come h…

Trump Photo

January 16, 2024

China
How One Port’s Struggle Reveals the Problems—and Promise—of Chinese Infrastructure Financing

Chinese port financing has plenty of drawbacks. But developing countries have few alternatives. 

A lone man stands at the end of an old and broken pier watching the boats in the background in the bay of São Tomé city, São Tomé and Príncipe, September 16, 2021.

December 12, 2023

Indo-Pacific
How Washington’s Budget Fights Are Affecting Three Critical Pacific Island States

Washington is in the process of concluding new agreements with the three Freely Associated States (FAS): the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of …

Pacific Island leaders and U.S. President Joe Biden stand outside the White House on a red carpet with national flags behind them.

December 12, 2023

Vietnam
Xi Jinping and Joe Biden Compete to Win Over Vietnam, the Region’s Critical Partner

President Xi Jinping’s visit to Vietnam demonstrates China’s continued importance to the pivotal Southeast Asian nation.

Chinese and Vietnamese leaders stand on a yellow podium in suits.

December 18, 2023

Technology and Innovation
To Protect Democracy in the Deepfake Era, We Need to Bring in the Voices of Those Defending it at the Frontlines

Artificial intelligence is increasingly used to alter and generate content online. As development of AI continues, societies and policymakers need to ensure that it incorporates fundamental human rig…

Dave Archambault II, chairman of the Standing Rock Sioux tribe, waits to give his speech against the Energy Transfer Partners' Dakota Access oil pipeline during the Human Rights Council at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland.