• Building Climate Resilience Through Insurance Incentives

    Insurance does not have to be just a payout after a tragedy. When designed thoughtfully, it can act as a lever for resilience.

  • U.S.–China Cyber Relations and the Weaponization of Microsoft Platforms

    Cyber tensions between the United States and China show Microsoft’s central yet fragile role in global cybersecurity, where its platforms serve as both assets and targets. While both nations have exploited vulnerabilities within the platform to conduct cyber-espionage against each other, China has been particularly persistent in its operations.

  • Canadian-Based Company Fined by U.S. Commerce Department for Hiding U.S. Exports to Iran

    On October 2, 2025, a Canada-headquartered biotechnology company, Luminultra, agreed to pay the Bureau of Industry and Security $685,051 after admitting to illegally exporting water quality testing and analytical instruments to Iran by means of the United Arab Emirates.

  • Supreme Court Case on IEEPA Tariffs: Facts Should Matter

    The Trump administration’s use of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) to impose tariffs, but the facts contradict the administration “emergency” argument. The goods trade deficit and most of its alleged negative effects are rooted in domestic policy, not trade. The Supreme Court is now considering the case, and rules of evidence may limit the Court to arguments formally presented, but the justices would do the nation an injustice if they did not consider the facts. 

  • Analysis: Trump's Proposed Tariff Rebate Would Costs Twice as Much as Tariffs

    President Donald Trump has again floated the idea of sending Americans $2,000 from tariff revenue, but a new analysis suggests the import taxes won’t bring in enough money to cover the checks. The $2,000 rebate would cost approximately $600 billion, which is about twice as much as tariffs are expected to generate this year.

  • Bookshelf: Critical Mineral Dilemmas

    Whoever controls the production and processing of lithium, copper and other critical minerals could dominate the 21st century economy, much as producers of fossil fuels defined the 20th century, writes Ernest Scheyder in a new book.

  • Collaborating Toward a Shipbuilding Renaissance

    America is a maritime nation, and its security and prosperity are inexorably linked to the sea. Yet the United States has let its ability to design, build, and sustain the fleet of ships that are the backbone of this prosperity atrophy. A maritime nation that cannot build ships cannot long thrive.

  • U.S. and Australia Deepen Critical-Minerals Engagement to Counter China

    Engagement between Australia and the United States on critical minerals has matured from technical cooperation into a strategic partnership, aligning resource security with clean energy and defense priorities. 

  • Arizona Looks to Legal Immigration with Trump's Border Security

    In Arizona, state and local leaders have called on the federal government to enforce illegal immigration more strictly for years. But Arizona legislators have also been pushing Congress to develop an additional legal immigration pathway in the state.

  • Study Finds Smarter Way to Train Employees to Thwart Phishing Scams

    Companies often send out simulated—or fake—phishing emails to employees to see who takes the bait and click. Those who fall for such scams typically receive an on-the-spot lesson meant to help them recognize suspicious messages the next time. But new research finds that approach might not be the best way to help employees learn from their mistakes.

  • Azruddin Mohamed Arrested in Guyana

    Azruddin Mohamed’s case is significant: it illustrates how business, political ambition, resource-exports, and cross-border law-enforcement intersect in a small, oil-and-gold-rich country like Guyana, and it demonstrates the global reach of U.S. legal and sanctions regimes.

  • Reaction Isn’t Enough. Nexperia Case Shows We Must Pre-empt China’s Tech Grabs

    The Dutch government’s decision on 30 September to impose a last-resort restraint order on China-owned Netherlands-based chipmaker Nexperia is more than a trade dispute. It’s the consequence of a belated realization that technology competition with China is real. Economic security in open and liberal democracies demands foresight, not last-minute intervention.

  • How Secure Is Video Conferences—Really?

    Since the COVID-19 pandemic, video conferencing platforms like Zoom and Microsoft Teams have become essential for work, education, and social connections. While these platforms offer controls such as disabling cameras and muting microphones to safeguard user privacy, a new study suggests that video conferencing may not be as secure as many assume.

  • “Battleship”-Style Math Can Improve Sustainable Design, Groundwater Management, Nuclear Waste Storage and More

    Scientists can now accurately determine where randomly distributed components appear in concrete, soil, and other common materials using a statistical model. The findings could enable the design of better, stronger, cheaper materials.

  • Electric Cars May Be the “Green” Choice, but They're Driving a Scramble for Critical Minerals

    Our cars are responsible for about 20 per cent of global carbon emissions. The move to electric vehicles (EVs) is central to the effort to decarbonize the world’s transport. But the clean-energy transition is also creating a new extractive frontier: the minerals that power electric car batteries. And the same forces that shaped the geopolitics of oil are re-emerging in the race to power the electric revolution.