Publications: Commentary

The dysfunction that defines Washington, D.C. is facing a pressing test. Political leaders must get serious and get it right on two critical fronts – managing the competition from China and the threat from climate change. The choices made this year on both of these issues will have repercussions for coming decades. The Senate and House…

The U.S. along with its G-7 and NATO allies painted a bullseye on China and Russia as major threats to democracy and global stability during back-to-back summit meetings. But, delivering on President Biden’s commitment that, “the responsibility of our proud democracies [is] to step up and deliver to the rest of the world,” will be…

The ice finally has broken in the two-year-plus civil nuclear Cold War between the U.S. and South Korea. In a joint statement from the summit between Presidents Biden and Moon, the countries committed to “develop cooperation in overseas nuclear markets, including joint participation in nuclear power plant projects.” The leaders went further in the fact…

The world is betting on the Biden administration to do something serious about climate change. But it seems to be sending mixed signals on one of the most significant zero-carbon energy sources in the clean energy arsenal, nuclear power. A new report from the White House Environmental Justice Advisory Council (WHEJAC) notes that “the procurement…