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How Will Congress and the Public Learn the Details of Trump’s Venezuela Oil Deal?
If the Trump administration declines to disclose the terms of the Venezuela oil deal, Congress has tools available to compel it to do so.

Questions for Congress on Venezuela’s Assets
Congress should pose the following questions to the administration about the assets it claims to have seized from Venezuela.

“Pay for Play?” Trump’s Bosnia Moves Highlighted in U.S. House Probe
A House Foreign Affairs Committee report sheds light on the Trump administration's contentious interventions into Bosnia's politics.

Don’t Let Syria’s Recovery Become Collateral Damage in the Iran-U.S. War
The global energy crisis and other spillover effects from the war in Iran are jeopardizing Syria's economic recovery.

The Middle East War Will Reshape Africa’s Democratic Trajectory
The economic fallout across Africa from the Iran war will have major impact on the well-being of African citizens and the prospects for democracy on the continent.

Sanctions Towards Russia Are Not a Strategy: Toward a More Coherent Statecraft
Sanctions have become a weapon of lawfare: a contest over the rule of law, governance models and the integrity of global markets. But systemic corruption cannot be sanctioned.

Nuclear-Powered AI: The Risks of De-Regulation
The Trump administration's fast-tracking of AI development & nuclear deployment is redefining the relationship between innovation, public risk, and accountability.

Hungary’s Election Is Already Paying Dividends for the EU and Ukraine. Is the U.S. Next?
Peter Magyar's election defeat of Viktor Orban in Hungary is easing relations with the EU and Ukraine. The course correction could even reverberate in the U.S.

Amid Shaky Ceasefire, War in Iran Is Starving Sudan
The Iran war did not create Sudan’s humanitarian crisis, but it is accelerating it, deepening it, and narrowing the window to stop it.

Energy Security is National Security: Fixing America’s Incoherent Energy Policies
In a world where conflict abroad reverberates rapidly through global energy systems, “energy dominance” cannot be defined narrowly as maximizing fossil fuel output.

Investment, Not Aid: A Chance to Reset U.S.-Bosnia Relations?
Can Bosnia's leaders advance U.S.-backed investments to strengthen its democratic future in the face of a separatist's growing influence in Washington?

Securing Solar: Why the Next Great Infrastructure Risk Is Distributed
States and utility companies can act now to transform solar energy from a security liability into a resilient pillar of national power.