2026 In the News

Mark Blyth offered commentary on the emergence of BlackRock's Rick Rieder as a Federal Reserve frontrunner.

Lyle Goldstein commented that the corruption charges against Zhang Youxia, long seen as Xi Jinping’s closest military ally, raise questions about the stability of China's military leadership.

Lyle Goldstein offered commentary on China’s use of diesel submarines

Timothy Edgar offered commentary on TikTok's algorithm

Jeff Colgan and Federica Genovese discuss what Trump's second term means for the ongoing global effort to combat climate change.

Mark Blyth commented on Donald Trump's approach to the Davos summit.

Mark Blyth offered commentary on the World Economic Forum.

Catherine Lutz offered commentary for this analysis of U.S. threats to seize Greenland.

Jennifer Hadden co-authored this column about U.S. foreign aid cuts to NGOs.

Catherine Lutz offered commentary in this analysis of a new presidential executive order to curb arms industry stock buybacks.

In this broadcast interview, Mark Blyth spoke about the Department of Justice’s investigation into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and the trending politics of central banks around the world.

Stephanie Savell comments on proposals to consolidate AFRICOM and other U.S. military foreign command units.

Jennifer Hadden co-authored this Policy Brief on the challenges facing NGOs for UNICEF as part of their 2026 Global Outlook for Children.

Jeff Colgan comments on the long history of wars fought over oil and "petro-imperialism" as the U.S. seeks to take control of Venezuela's oil reserves.

Dany Bahar argues that now that Nicolas Maduro is out of power, there should be a bipartisan effort in Washington to help the country make a full transition to democracy and restore the rights of the Venezuelan people.

Stephen Kinzer speaks with NPR's Steve Inskeep about the implications of the recent U.S. attack on Venezuela.

Stephen Kinzer says focus on Cuba has distorted U.S. foreign policy over generations, and it is happening again.

Steven Kinzer says without Venezuelan oil, Cuba's political system will finally collapse.