In July 2026, the Department of Commerce’s Office of Space Commerce (OSC) announced that it would soon begin seeking applications for its voluntary mission authorization process. This process has two ...
The United States is increasingly using federal credit—direct loans, loan guarantees, and insurance—as a tool of industrial strategy. With grant funding constrained and bipartisan interest in ...
This edition of States Weekly covers August 12, 2026.
Revenues from gold are a key driver of the conflict in Sudan. Recent EU sanctions are a start, but much more needs to be done to ensure the gold trade no longer finances bloodshed in the world’s most ...
Scott Kennedy and Claire Reade outline how USTR’s new Section 301 tariffs face legal hurdles, have not achieved their ...
The 10th anniversary of the 2016 South China Sea arbitral award highlighted the ruling’s enduring legal significance and the ongoing contest over its implications. A decade on, China has not only ...
The Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026 would codify roughly 6,800 designations and create a new tariff authority aimed ...
Proposals to restrict Chinese participation in the U.S. patent system may impose costs on Beijing—but could they also ...
The future of the Strait of Hormuz will determine Qatar’s LNG fortunes. As long as Washington and Tehran compete over the ...
Tokens are the currency of a new international order. As China races to build the global AI stack, the United States needs ...
The European Union preliminarily designated AWS and Azure as gatekeepers under the Digital Markets Act. Both already fall ...
The Iran war has exacerbated the Pentagon’s shortage of key munitions, but it is not the only cause. There are also ...
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