Plus, new podcast episodes about the health of U.S. democracy, energy production, and the opioid epidemic among young people.
Will the EU agree to use economic sanctions against China? Regardless of who wins the U.S. presidential election, the European Union (EU) is sure to face American expectations that it will implement economic sanctions against China—including new export controls, investment controls, and tariffs—to safeguard critical technologies and to curb China’s aggressive economic practices. The EU must define its economic security strategy, balancing member states’ interests with the need for a united front against China’s aggressive policies, argues Laura von Daniels. In a new report, von Daniels outlines how a Harris or Trump administration may approach this issue, what the EU can do to ahead of trans-Atlantic talks, and more. |
🎧 Catch up on our latest podcast episodes The 2024 election and the health of American democracy. As the United States heads into the final days of the race, Kathryn Dunn Tenpas joins The Current to highlight conversations from her podcast Democracy in Question on the democratic process, the lack of guardrails against mis- and disinformation, and ways to restore public trust. Youth, fentanyl, and the urgency of honest conversations. Among young people who initiate heroin use within a period of high school, over 30% go on to have an opioid use disorder. On the final episode of The Killing Drugs podcast, Vanda Felbab-Brown talks to Lisa Durette and Alexis Kennedy about the challenges of addressing the opioid epidemic’s impacts on youth. Cleaner oil and gas production. Burning fossil fuels for energy is the primary source of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. However, fossil fuels are so central to the global economy that phasing them out will take time. On Climate Sense, Samantha Gross speaks with Deepak Anand and Halfdan Millang about how to reduce GHG emissions in energy production through eliminating methane emissions and flaring. |
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