Edward Alden

Mar 10, 2025 | foreignaffairs.com | Oscar Berry |Michael Froman |Stacie L. Pettyjohn |Edward Alden

For more than 80 years, a cornerstone of the United States’ military strength has been its unparalleled ability to project power through the air. Washington has the most sophisticated fleet of combat aircraft in the world. Because these planes can be refueled by the country’s many tankers, they have global reach. From domestic bases, stealthy bombers can fly through heavily defended airspace unmolested and destroy multiple targets in one mission.

Mar 6, 2025 | foreignaffairs.com | Edward Alden |Laurie Trautman |Paul C. Avey |Nicholas Mulder

When the COVID-19 virus began spreading across the world, five years ago, countries handled the crisis in myriad ways. Some locked down their populations; some encouraged testing, masking, and social distancing; some traced the outbreaks to cut off new infections; and some did almost nothing at all. But amid this variety of domestic public health measures, nearly every country pursued one common policy: closing their borders. Conservatives and liberals alike embraced border closures.

Feb 15, 2025 | cfr.org | Edward Alden

The president’s plan for reciprocal tariffs sounds good in theory. But there was a reason the United States abandoned the approach a century ago. The gains would be few and the costs enormous.

Feb 14, 2025 | thetyee.ca | Edward Alden

[Editor’s note: The following is an excerpt from Edward Alden and Laurie Trautman’s new book, ‘When the World Closed Its Doors: The COVID-19 Tragedy and the Future of Borders.’ Stay tuned for a forthcoming Tyee Q&A with the authors.] For the thousands who came to Peace Arch Park in the summer of 2020 as the COVID-19 virus was spreading across the world, it would come to be known as the “Summer of Love.” Announcements, Events & more from Tyee and select partners Healing Fund Provides Up to...

Feb 3, 2025 | homelandsecuritynewswire.com | Edward Alden

TRADETrump’s Risky New Era of Broken Trade NormsPublished 3 February 2025For many decades now, the international economy has been backstopped by a reasonably predictable set of rules, led by a United States that believed it had a strong national interest in nurturing that sort of predictability. With President Donald Trump’s decision over the week to declare a specious “emergency” for the purpose of slapping crippling tariffs on his continental neighbors, that era has come to an end.