Inside Trump’s purge at the agency that saves millions of lives: USAID has become a testing ground for dismantling government agencies

Covering Trump’s proposed tariffs? Here are 4 things you need to know

How China created AI model DeepSeek and shocked the world: Government policies, generous funding and a pipeline of AI graduates have helped Chinese firms create advanced LLMs.

Study: Over the period 1900–2023, more than half of all episodes of autocratization (democratic backsliding) take a U-turn shape in which they are followed by subsequent democratization. In the last 30 years, nearly three quarters of autocratization episodes are followed by democratization.

Over the period 1900–2023, more than half of all episodes of autocratization (democratic backsliding) take a U-turn shape in which they are followed by subsequent democratization. In the last 30 years, nearly three quarters of autocratization episodes are followed by democratization.

L.A. County politicians and officials request that state housing laws to increase housing supply be waived – "Amy Bodek, head of the county planning department, said... state laws could end up hampering recovery, incentivizing density at the expense of homeowners looking to rebuild what they had."

Trump administration to cancel student visas of pro-Palestinian protesters

The coming great global land reshuffle: Climate change and population pressures are beginning to drive a new surge of competition over territory (Michael Albertus)

Did DeepSeek just Deepsix Big Tech?

Five Ways of Looking at Trump's Economic Coercion of Colombia

Trump Administration Halts H.I.V. Drug Distribution in Poor Countries: PEPFAR’s computer systems are being taken offline, a sign that the program may not return – PEPFAR has been credited with saving over 25 million lives and halting the spread of HIV across the world.

Rethinking Trade Imbalances | Paul Krugman

Rethinking Trade Imbalances | Paul Krugman

The problems with that viral poll blaming Harris’ loss on Gaza

ISQ study: States want to cooperate on technology to stay at the innovation frontier, but they fear weaponized interdependence. The Snowden revelations and US technology restrictions produced a shift in China away from technological interdependence, toward security-focused self-reliance.

America's plan to control global AI

Why McKinley makes an alarming Trump presidential role model

‘New way of bearing witness’: one of biggest Holocaust archives goes online

DeepSeek and the Future of AI Competition

Women who are denied a wanted abortion are more likely to suffer health problems, economic problems and ending up single than the women who were granted an abortion. The pre-existing children of these women also experience worse outcomes. [Data from Colombia where judges deny or allow abortions]

On January 26, 1996, Olympic Wrestling Gold Medalist Dave Schultz was Gunned Down by His Patron John Du Pont, Member of the Infamous Family That Invented Teflon and Put Forever Chemicals in 98% of Americans

The Limits of Madman Theory – MT often fails for two reasons: First, it's hard to actually persuade adversaries that you are a madman. Second, adversaries are not going to yield to the credible-seeming threats of a madman if they believe the madman will punish them even if they yield.

Petrostates often spend more when there is a lot of oil revenue and enact austerity measures when oil revenue dries up, making economic swings more volatile. This does not happen so much in Norway thanks to institutions established over the past decades. (Tontine Coffee-House, January 2025)

Petrostates often spend more when there is a lot of oil revenue and enact austerity measures when oil revenue dries up, making economic swings more volatile. This does not happen so much in Norway thanks to institutions established over the past decades. (Tontine Coffee-House, January 2025)

APSR: Colonial powers redistribute power toward the local elites who are the most congruent with the colonizer’s objectives and away from oppositional local elites. Evidence from the British occupation of Egypt in 1882.

The Limits of Madman Theory – MT frequently fails for two reasons: First, it's hard to actually persuade adversaries that you are a madman. Second, adversaries are not going to yield to the credible-seeming threats of a madman if they believe the madman will punish them even if they yield.

WP study: How economists and political scientists differ in their understanding of the political economy of climate change.