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In the second of a series on the impact of the Roe v Wade ruling, we assess the economic and political damage that America’s right may unleash

Planning now is essential to ensure the legitimacy of November’s elections is not impacted by COVID-19, as vulnerabilities are becoming ever more apparent if voting in person is restricted.

The COVID-19 pandemic has intensified the debate over whether authoritarian states are gaining the upper hand across the world. In contrast, democracies are showing capacity for innovation and adaptation.

The brutal killing of George Floyd in one of America’s most progressive cities has catapulted race politics to the top of the national agenda.

COVID-19 exposes the fragility of global supply chains, leaving companies and policymakers to reconsider a decades-long focus on efficiency and reducing costs by operating on a ‘just in time’ basis.

With less than four months remaining until the presidential election, former Vice President Joe Biden holds a substantial lead over President Trump in the polls. Professor Peter Trubowitz writes that the COVID-19 pandemic means that there will be far more absentee ballots, and that we should not discount the likelihood of President Trump using this difference to claim that the final result is a fraud if he does not win.

United States trade representative Robert E Lighthizer provides his outlook on the future of international trading systems in a COVID-19 world.

Panellists discuss how the novel coronavirus will elevate or tame calls for de-globalization as states prioritize their own nation’s need for medical resources over the need to cooperate internationally.

With Robert Zoellick, former president of the World Bank Group.

Joe Biden’s choice of Kamala Harris as his running mate will have a lasting impact on how Americans think about the presidential ticket, and confirms the violent killing of George Floyd unleashed a demand for racial equality that continues to have dramatic impact.

With trade tensions increasingly politicized, a key appeals process suspended and COVID-19 creating huge economic challenges, a modernized and fully functioning WTO is more essential than ever. This paper makes the case for transatlantic cooperation as a necessary, though insufficient alone, condition for WTO reform.

The Sunshine State is a critical battleground for winning the electoral college, and the presidency.

The European Union’s decision to sign an investment accord makes it clear that China’s geopolitical heft and allure of trade and investment are tempting.

Adapting to post-COVID-19 realities

Essays from the Lloyd George Study Group on World Order, a joint project marking the centennials of Georgetown University’s Walsh School of Foreign Service, Chatham House, and the Council on Foreign Relations. Published in collaboration with Foreign Affairs.

This briefing paper tracks the evolution of Germany’s policy towards China in recent decades, founded on what was long viewed as a one-way economic bet for German business, and examines the drivers of a gradual shift in approach.

Transatlantic relations were boosted by nearly a week of summits marking U.S. President Joe Biden’s first diplomatic travels. But the months ahead will test the ability of alliances, great powers, and multilateral groups to advance global health, security, and economic opportunity, as well as whether the United States can lead the effort, say experts at leading global think tanks.

Rooting out graft may be good politics at home, but it won’t fix Latin America’s socioeconomic woes.

U.S. Allies Know Washington Needs Them More Than Ever

Despite policy wins, Joe Biden’s hopes of healing a divided nation remain a distant promise with an electorate entrenched in its partisan views.

Exploring future trade policy through issues such as the green transition, labour standards, human rights, the role of the WTO, and non-trade policy objectives.

Biden’s Summit for Democracy must go on the offensive.

It’s on the United States to break the detente because Cuba’s continued isolation may have serious geopolitical consequences.

The Myth of Global Britain

Americans are voicing their support for Ukraine. But in the face of inflation, rising prices and partisan divides, public opinion may change.

This paper explores whether COVID-19 may have affected the traditional means illicit groups have used to launder their ill-gotten profits processes through three main channels: increased reliance on cryptocurrencies to move and launder funds tied to illicit activity; the expanded use of the internet through e-commerce sites to continue and expand trade mispricing practices to move illicit funds; and the use of FinTech and peer-to-peer payment services to transfer illicit funds.

The upcoming Summit of the Americas could be the gravestone on U.S. influence in the region.

The Next Prime Minister Will Struggle to Repair the Country’s Standing.  

Why the UN’s Broadest Forum Matters More Than Ever

The economic crisis and talk of Armageddon should Russia deploy nuclear weapons could weaken the resolve of other western leaders

The outcome could threaten the fight against climate change and the future of democracy itself, warns Leslie Vinjamuri.

Pennsylvania has consistently become one of the most hotly contested battleground states, and 2022 is

US flavour, echoing the 1996 Libertad Act that codified the US-Cuba embargo. The silence

Joe Biden aims to protect democratic values far beyond America’s shores and also strike principled, but pragmatic deals on climate and public health.

US, focus on campaigning will overshadow US foreign policy, particularly towards the region which has featured

US’s outsized commitments, but is also one that was there when the US

US allies. Washington is also unhappy. Increasingly focused on China, US officials continue to call

US always embraced dictators when this served important foreign policy interests, only Trump relished authoritarian

US hegemony is being supplanted by a new and more dangerous period of great power

US allies for currency devaluation, which—he claimed—is hurting US farmers. While

US immigrants came from Europe); common security needs (the US was compelled to return to Europe

US and the Americas Programme at Chatham House. By Professor Victor Bulmer-Thomas The pandemic

After nearly two decades of boots on the ground, last month American forces left Afghanistan, with the Taliban retaking the country much more quickly than had been anticipated by the administration of President Biden. In this Q&A, LSE Phelan US Centre Director and Chatham House Associate Fellow Professor Peter Trubowitz looks at the withdrawal from Afghanistan. 

us. It has never been a consistently significant feature in British defence planning – unlike

US House of Representatives. More senior US Department of State officials are scheduled to visit