Pauly 2024, IS: For coercion to succeed, there must be credible assurance that the coerced state won't be punished if they comply.

Cha 2023, IS: When small states face coercive threats from a belligerent great power, they feel strong pressure to concede if they're alone. To overcome this, target states could band together in a collective resilience alliance and practice economic deterrence by promising to retaliate together.

Kocher, Lawrence and Monteiro 2018, IS: There is a certain kind of rightwing nationalist, whose hatred of leftists is so intense that they are willing to abandon all principles, destroy their own nation-state, and collude with foreign adversaries, for the chance to own and repress leftists.

Musgrave 2019, SS: Theories of hegemonic orders tend to assume that the threats to the hegemon come from outside. However, the forces that ultimately destroy the hegemon may come from within, as domestic actors may have self-serving interests to destroy the hegemonic order.

Report: GETTING CHINA RIGHT AT HOME – Addressing the Domestic Challenges of Intensifying Competition

Book: What is the Middle East? – "unexamined assumptions about the region as a coherent and unified entity have distorted political science research by arbitrarily limiting the comparative universe of cases and foreclosing underlying politics."

“What if he really meant it?” Credit to u/AVOLI7ION

“What if he really meant it?” Credit to u/AVOLI7ION

One Response to Trump’s Tariffs: Trade That Excludes the U.S.

Why is Latin America less "repulsed" by China's government?

Can the President Dissolve USAID by Executive Order?

Trump cites President McKinley as the inspiration for his tariff proposals. However, McKinley embraced trade reciprocity during his presidential term and opposed protectionist Republicans in the Senate. (Peterson Institute, October 2024)

Trump cites President McKinley as the inspiration for his tariff proposals. However, McKinley embraced trade reciprocity during his presidential term and opposed protectionist Republicans in the Senate. (Peterson Institute, October 2024)

Gavi, a vaccine program led by the Gates Foundation, WHO, UNICEF and World Bank, has provided over $16 billion in funding for vaccination in low-income countries since 1999. The aid has been uniquely effective, saving around 1.5 million lives at a cost of $9,000 per life saved.

AEJ study: Gavi, a vaccine program led by the Gates Foundation, WHO, UNICEF and World Bank, has provided over $16 billion in funding for vaccination in low-income countries since 1999. The aid has been uniquely effective, saving around 1.5 million lives at a cost of about $9,000 per life saved.

Inside Trump’s purge at the agency that saves millions of lives: USAID has become a testing ground for dismantling government agencies

Covering Trump’s proposed tariffs? Here are 4 things you need to know

How China created AI model DeepSeek and shocked the world: Government policies, generous funding and a pipeline of AI graduates have helped Chinese firms create advanced LLMs.

Study: Over the period 1900–2023, more than half of all episodes of autocratization (democratic backsliding) take a U-turn shape in which they are followed by subsequent democratization. In the last 30 years, nearly three quarters of autocratization episodes are followed by democratization.

Over the period 1900–2023, more than half of all episodes of autocratization (democratic backsliding) take a U-turn shape in which they are followed by subsequent democratization. In the last 30 years, nearly three quarters of autocratization episodes are followed by democratization.

L.A. County politicians and officials request that state housing laws to increase housing supply be waived – "Amy Bodek, head of the county planning department, said... state laws could end up hampering recovery, incentivizing density at the expense of homeowners looking to rebuild what they had."

Trump administration to cancel student visas of pro-Palestinian protesters

The coming great global land reshuffle: Climate change and population pressures are beginning to drive a new surge of competition over territory (Michael Albertus)

Did DeepSeek just Deepsix Big Tech?

Five Ways of Looking at Trump's Economic Coercion of Colombia

Trump Administration Halts H.I.V. Drug Distribution in Poor Countries: PEPFAR’s computer systems are being taken offline, a sign that the program may not return – PEPFAR has been credited with saving over 25 million lives and halting the spread of HIV across the world.

Rethinking Trade Imbalances | Paul Krugman

Rethinking Trade Imbalances | Paul Krugman