“While Mr. Trump and his team celebrate their ‘victory’ over China, don’t expect much fanfare among anyone else.” The recently passed China trade deal may limit some short-term damage to the U.S. economy, but Eswar Prasad says China might end up being the winner when the dust settles.

What are the prospects for deterrence with Iran going forward? Daniel Byman argues that the Soleimani strike seems to have sent a tough message to Iran, but confused policymaking and rhetoric diminishes the likelihood for success. 

Though the American public overwhelmingly favors renewable energy such as wind and solar power, these sources require large uses of land—at least 10 times as much land per unit of power produced than coal- or natural gas-fired power plants. In her new report, Samantha Gross details some of the inherent land use issues of wind and solar generation.