In the clean energy industry, Chinese suppliers are often treated as existential threats to America’s success, but anti-Chinese policies are already driving up the cost of green technology and making it harder for firms to innovate. David G. Victor and Michael R. Davidson argue that collaboration and competition, not hostility, are how the United States can catch up to the world’s largest supplier of clean technology products.
Why don’t more Americans work for Black-owned firms? Employing others is a key source of wealth creation for all racial and ethnic groups, but it is much less common among Black Americans. Jonathan Rothwell and Andre M. Perry evaluate potential explanations—including business exposure, credit history, and lending practices—and consider how to spur more equitable entrepreneurial opportunities.
Pervasive gloom about the day after the Gaza war. A new survey of Middle East scholars who study the Israeli-Palestinian conflict suggests that finding a two-state solution out of the devastation of Gaza is highly unlikely. Marc Lynch and Shibley Telhami outline key findings from the polling and explain why there is little room for optimism among experts.
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