The New Rules of Power in a Divided World (Macmillan, 2026) The war against Iran exposed a multitude of forced errors and own ...
Bessent says supply chain resilience, fair trade and dollar dominance are key to Trump administration's economic statecraft ...
Globalization has left the corporate boardroom for the geopolitical battlefield, forcing leaders to treat supply chains as ...
Economic statecraft focuses on deterring, compelling, or persuading through tools like sanctions, export controls, development aid, tariffs, and investments. Similarly, cyber statecraft seeks to ...
Once upon a time, trade policy was a bit dull and the preserve of pointy-headed specialists. Its ends were rarely scrutinised. Its means were obscure to the public and largely exempted from political ...
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Responsible Statecraft on MSNOpinion

When did Western statecraft lose its fear of the unknown?

Prudence has been replaced by confidence that conflict can be precisely managed. Nowhere is that more evident than in the European approach to Russia.
Alex Wooley, Jeff Smith, and Brent Sadler discuss a maritime strategy of Naval Statecraft that leverages America’s advantages and acts on our adversaries’ weaknesses in the New Cold War with China.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent urged innovation in the U.S. that strengthens the dollar, improves efficiency and expands access while insisting new technologies meet standards for transparency, ...
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Instrument of statecraft: The list and the frontier

India, June 28 -- For India the fork is sharper than for anyone, because India is neither the frontier nor safe behind a fence. India needs precisely what is being listed: cheap, advanced cells for an ...