Edward Alden
Foreign Policy
Washington, DC, United States
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Past articles by Edward:
Washington Raises Stakes in War on Chinese Technology
New U.S. sanctions are in some ways more restrictive than Cold-War era controls. → Read More
How U.S. Grand Strategy Is Changed by Ukraine
Six months into Russia’s war, seven thinkers outline its impact on foreign policy. → Read More
Why This Global Economic Crisis Is Different
This is the first time since World War II that there may be no cooperative way out. → Read More
The Dangerous New Anti-Globalization Consensus
Soaring inflation is just one reason for Washington to keep global disintegration in check. → Read More
Decades Late, NAFTA’s Promise on Workers’ Rights Comes Good
In Mexico, a breakthrough trade case involving General Motors could become a global model. → Read More
Immigration Reform Needs a New Strategy
Buried in the budget bill is the detritus of 20 years of attempted overhauls. → Read More
Biden’s Bold Gamble on Immigration Will Decide America’s Future
Failed immigration reform gave rise to Trumpism. Success could finally cool the debate. → Read More
Biden’s Economic Plans Could Escalate Trump’s Trade Wars With China and Europe
Biden has matched Trump’s rhetoric on trade soundbite for soundbite, and his economic plans are likely to make trade conflicts worse. → Read More
Countries Need to Reopen Borders Before It’s Too Late, Even as They Struggle to Get COVID-19 Under Control
Even as they struggle to control the pandemic, governments should move quickly to reopen borders instead of giving in to xenophobia, nationalism, and illusions of autarky. → Read More
Pandemic Not Bringing Jobs Back From China, No Matter What Trump Says
The Trump administration says manufacturing jobs are coming home. The facts tell another story. → Read More
Trump Hired Robert Lighthizer to Win a Trade War. He Lost.
The Trump administration’s obsession with trade threats, tariffs, and bullying both allies and rivals into submission was based on an ambitious theory. It turned out… → Read More
Democrats Won’t Win by Being Trump Lite on Trade
International trade isn’t the problem—it’s Republican trade policies that have empowered corporations while leaving American workers behind. → Read More
Trump Is Poised to Do Irreparable Harm to World Trade
Here’s what other countries can do to stop him. → Read More
NAFTA, China, and the WTO: End of the Beginning, or Beginning of the End?
The next few weeks could be the most consequential for global trade since the final negotiations in December of 1993 that led to the creation of the … → Read More
The Big Lie: Does DHS Really Have to Deport a Ten-Year-Old with Cerebral Palsy?
President Donald Trump’s flexibility with facts is so often on display that it can become exhausting just trying to correct all the misinformation co… → Read More
Renegotiating NAFTA: Let the Games Begin
The North American Free Trade Agreement was the first in U.S. history to slash trade barriers between a wealthy country and a much poorer one. This w… → Read More
The Marine Photo Scandal and the Cost of Indifference
Americans may finally be ready to confront the dehumanizing horrors facing women service members, writes Gayle Tzemach Lemmon. → Read More
Edward Alden
Edward Alden Senior fellow, Council on Foreign Relations; Author, "Failure to Adjust: How Americans Got Left Behind in the Global Economy" Edward Alden is the Bernard L. Schwartz senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, specializing in U.S. economic competitiveness. He is the author of the new book "Failure to Adjust: How Americans Got Left Behind in the Global Economy," which focuses… → Read More
If Trump Wants Jobs And Investment, He Needs To Play Better With Others
He needs to work with other countries to shape rules for investment competition to avoid a zero-sum game. → Read More
Column: How to help workers laid low by trade — and why we haven’t
The U.S. government has long recognized that while freer trade would bring broad benefits to Americans through lower prices on everything from clothing to TV sets, there would be real costs. And they would be concentrated in certain parts of the country, and among certain workers, especially in manufacturing. The government promised to help, but rarely did so. → Read More