“The Ukraine war is the first great-power nuclear crisis of the 21st century—and it won’t be the last,” warns Hal Brands. To prevail in our rivalries against Russia and China, the US will need to successfully manage the dynamics of nuclear coercion.
As the US government and many technology companies push to move electronics and computing supply chains outside of China, what countries are best suited to host relocated manufacturing? While the focus has fallen on neighboring Asian countries, Chris Miller and David Talbot argue that Mexico’s potential for high-tech manufacturing is being overlooked. A House Republican investigation has revealed that even as scientists ridiculed the lab-leak theory of COVID-19’s origins in public with statements and research, they admitted its plausibility privately. Christine Rosen digs into how “astonishingly incurious” the media outlets were toward this story. In 1997, Congress created the 510(k) Third Party Review Program to speed up approval of low- to moderate-risk medical devices, but only 2.4 percent of eligible devices use this pathway. Writing for the Journal of Medical Systems, Brian Miller, William Blanks, and Brian Yagi diagnose the program’s failings and propose reforms to improve device regulation. How compatible is originalism with the natural law tradition of theorists like Thomas Aquinas? Responding to natural law critics of originalism, Joel Alicea emphasizes both traditions’ shared basis in popular sovereignty. |
