Today on TAP: More of the same may be in store at the State Department.
National Security
Posted inTAP
Biden’s China Policy: Less Than Meets the Eye
Today on TAP: The White House executive order on export controls is mostly window dressing—and there is already pressure to water it down.
Posted inPolitics
Congressional Spending Battle Is an Intra-Republican Affair
It’s become a proxy for Republican battles about both national security and Kevin McCarthy’s job security.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Delinking From China Doesn’t Mean U.S. Workers Will Benefit
Not if our corporations produce their goods in countries with lower wages than the Chinese.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Wall Street Stokes Culture War to Fight Swipe Fee Reform
The credit card industry is attempting to whip up right-wing hysterics to fight a bipartisan financial reform.
Posted inBooks, Arts and Culture
Atomic Frankenstein
‘Oppenheimer’ and the anguish of creative destruction
Posted inBooks, Arts and Culture
Why ‘Oppenheimer’ Matters
The father of the atomic bomb still speaks to the danger of complacency.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Big Tech’s Relentless Influence on Trade Policy
How even Biden’s best officials are subject to insidious corporate pressure
Posted inAmerica and the World
Modi Visit Part of a Geopolitical Great Game
India is seen as a strategic counterweight to China, and that has overridden any U.S. concerns about repression against ethnic minorities and the press.
Posted inPolitics
The Most Interesting Bipartisanship of the Year
Fights over domestic spying typically follow a familiar pattern. That might end this year.
