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The Midterms Change the Terms of Trump’s Power
Which decisions depend on Congress, which presidential tools remain available, and why November’s political signal arrives before the new lawmakers begin their terms.
On May 2, 2019, 53 senators voted to override Donald Trump’s veto of a r...
Trump Changes the Rules. Companies Change Their Plans.
Trump announces tariffs, April 2025. Photo: Daniel Torok
Black Paper: Trump’s Tariffs and the Cost of Changing Rules
How to distinguish the cost of a tariff from the cost of committing before the rules are settled.
The Ground
Contai...
India Does Not Need to Stop Pakistan’s Water
Salal Dam on the Chenab River, 2017.
Black Paper: India Does Not Need to Stop Pakistan’s Water
The difference between receiving enough water over a year and receiving it when it matters.
The Water Has a Deadline
Water delivered afte...
Anduril’s Test Is Delivery
Black Paper: Anduril’s Test Is Delivery
What Anduril’s expanding responsibilities reveal about the distance between military software, working weapons and sustained production.
The Ground
The first aircraft is the beginning of a much...
How Much Time Can the Dollar Buy America?
U.S. Capitol, 2006. Photo: David Iliff
Black Paper: How Much Time Can the Dollar Buy America?
How to distinguish a country’s capacity to keep borrowing from its capacity to keep choosing.
The Ground
Imagine a Treasury s...
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