Economics and international security are intrinsically linked, a connection that is only becoming more important in today’s era of emerging multipolarity. The building of effective military force is contingent on domestic economic capacity, while countries are dependent on international markets for their energy security and supply chain needs. Meanwhile, the major powers are increasingly resorting to the use of economic statecraft – sanctions, tariffs, and lending – to achieve their geopolitical goals. This project aims to explore questions at the intersection of geopolitics and economics, helping policymakers to more effectively navigate the role of economics in foreign policy.
Project Team
Project Lead
Research
Field Note
A trip to Europe in November 2022 offers insights into the ongoing energy crisis, prospects for European defense cooperation, and the war in Ukraine.
Emma Ashford
Policy Memo
The administration will need to scrutinize key assumptions and confront hard decisions regarding how to keep ends and means in balance.
Kelly A. Grieco
Policy Paper
How policymakers communicate strategy to various constituencies is an important corollary of their success or failure.
Erica Borghard
Policy Memo
US policymakers should focus on whether sanctions are likely to produce the desired effect, rather than serving as simply a tool to signal displeasure.
Erica Borghard
News & Commentary
Commentary
Why the United States No Longer Leads on Free Trade
Christopher Preble joins the Net Assessment podcast to discuss the US government's approach to global trade
Christopher Preble
- November 28, 2022
Op-Ed
The war in Ukraine thus suggests that some realist theories are not as helpful as they could be during a time of global geopolitical upheaval
Emma Ashford
Commentary
Emma joins the Eurasia Group Foundation’s Mark Hannah to discuss her new book Oil, the State, and War and complicate commonly held misconceptions on oil’s influence on foreign policy.
Emma Ashford