Governance

The closer the president gets to election day, the bigger the threat he poses to U.S. democracy.

Juliette Kayyem details why the end of summer is a bitter reminder: America's coronavirus ordeal won’t end when 2020 does.

The bad marriage exploded this week, when former senior staff members told Jeffrey Goldberg of the Atlantic of their shock at Trump’s crude comments about combat and loss — and his reported characterization of fallen warriors as “suckers” and “losers.”

Robert Stavins, the A.J. Meyer Professor of Energy and Economic Development and Director of the Harvard Environmental Economics Program speaks with Vicky Bailey, former commissioner of the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission, former member of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and former president and CEO of PSI Energy Inc. The discussion ranges from energy and climate change policy to social and economic justice.

Nationalistic U.S. policies also complicate America’s efforts to mobilize its partners to push back together against China, and they risk alienating individuals of Chinese heritage who contribute to the dynamism of the American economy. In short: The U.S. government should not try to out-China China.

Rather than serve the people, Mr. Trump is trying to extend his time in office while undermining any constraints on his power.

Joseph Nye poses the following question: Will Donald Trump's presidency mark a major turning point in world history, or was it a minor historical accident? Trump's electoral appeal may turn on domestic politics, but his effect on world politics could be transformational, particularly if he gains a second term.

Rachel Esplin Odell describes how the Trump administration is having to work hard to manufacture a new cold war with China.

Nicholas Burns discusses U.S. Secretary of State's address to the 2020 Republican National Convention.

Stephen Walt But poses the following question: What if foreign policy isn't as important as foreign-policy mavens maintain? What if developments and policies inside the country are far more consequential—at least most of the time—than what its leaders do on the global stage?