The world’s most important decisions are rarely made by individuals alone. They emerge from institutions—the governments, corporations, courts, universities, and other organizations that shape modern society. These articles examine how those institutions work, why they change, and what their evolution means for the future.
Economic statecraft has transformed the role of the Treasury Department and blurred the boundaries between finance, diplomacy, and national security.
Should the Department of Defense become the Department of War again? The debate isn’t really about military capability. It’s about how nations project power—and why restraint is often a greater source of strength than rhetoric.
In financial markets, timing and information is everything. And the President of the United States sits at the center of all of it. A regulatory
In a recent post, I looked at how differently modern presidents approach conflict. For most presidents, the law is something the state uses. Agencies investigate. Regulators
Sometimes the difference isn’t in what’s said, but in what’s done—and how often. I’ve been looking at how modern U.S. presidents engage with the legal
I have spent most of my professional life working across borders—geographic, cultural, institutional, and ideological. Aviation, by its very nature, demands this. Airplanes do not
Donald Trump is clearly a different kind of president than Biden, Obama, Bush, or Clinton. For them, conflict tends to be institutional. Disputes move through
A question that hit closer to home than intended. I received an email recently with the subject line: “Who is running the world?”It contained a list
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