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Economics is at the heart of global affairs, shaping policies and driving prosperity. We analyze trade dynamics, financial stability, and development strategies to inform sound policymaking.

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Books

Competitive Antiliberalism: How Geoeconomics, Security, and Values Define Chinese and American Worldviews in the 2020s and Beyond

June, 2025 by Rana Mitter

Policy Briefs

Cutting Through Narratives on Chinese Arctic Investments

Jun. 23, 2025 by Anders Edstrøm, Guðbjörg Ríkey Th. Hauksdóttir and P. Whitney Lackenbauer
Reports & Papers

The Revenue Potential and Country Exposure of a U.S. Border Carbon Adjustment

Jun. 2, 2025 by Ely Sandler, Christine Jiang and Daniel Schrag
Reports & Papers

Beyond Rhetoric: The Enduring Political Appeal of U.S. Industrial Policy for Critical and Strategic Technologies

Mar. 14, 2025 by Douglass Calidas and Chris Li

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Competitive Antiliberalism: How Geoeconomics, Security, and Values Define Chinese and American Worldviews in the 2020s and Beyond

June, 2025 by Rana Mitter

Books

from U.S. China Relations

Cutting Through Narratives on Chinese Arctic Investments

Jun. 23, 2025 by Anders Edstrøm, Guðbjörg Ríkey Th. Hauksdóttir and P. Whitney Lackenbauer

Policy Briefs

from Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

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The Revenue Potential and Country Exposure of a U.S. Border Carbon Adjustment

Jun. 2, 2025 by Ely Sandler, Christine Jiang and Daniel Schrag

Reports & Papers

from Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

A container ship is moored at the port of the port of New York and New Jersey in Elizabeth, New Jersey, Monday May 12, 2025.

Beyond Rhetoric: The Enduring Political Appeal of U.S. Industrial Policy for Critical and Strategic Technologies

Mar. 14, 2025 by Douglass Calidas and Chris Li

Reports & Papers

A visitor to the 21st China Beijing International High-tech Expo looks at a computer chip through the microscope displayed by the state-controlled Tsinghua Unigroup project which has emerged as a national champion for Beijing's semiconductor ambitions in Beijing, China, Thursday, May 17, 2018. The Trump administration has threatened to impose tariffs on up to $150 billion in Chinese imports to punish Beijing over trade practices requiring American companies to hand over technology in exchange for access to

Trump 2.0 and its Impact on Climate Policy: A Conversation with Joseph Aldy

Mar. 10, 2025 by Robert N Stavins and Joseph E. Aldy

Q&A

from Harvard Environmental Economics Program

The US can reduce Russia’s nuclear energy—and geopolitical—influence

Mar. 7, 2025 by Marina Lorenzini

Article

from Atlantic Council

Private Sector Intelligence Careers: Analyzing Job Titles and Professional Trends

January 31, 2025 by Judit Gaspar, Maria Robson-Morrow and Katherine Tucker

Reports & Papers

from Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School

Oil, Sovereign Wealth Funds, and Crises: The Political Economy of the Middle East

Jan. 24, 2025 by Peter Reid

Event Summary

from Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs