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Political developments covered for their economic consequence: budget standoffs, coalition changes, industrial action, sanctions disputes and treaty negotiations. Each piece states the channel through which politics reaches output, prices or investment. Read by economists, corporate strategists and public affairs teams pricing political events.

Political developments covered for their economic consequence: budget standoffs, coalition changes, industrial action, sanctions disputes and treaty negotiations. Each piece states the channel through which politics reaches output, prices or investment. Read by economists, corporate strategists and public affairs teams pricing political events.

Affairs

The 90-Day Clock Behind US Foreign Deal Reviews

A statutory review-then-investigation timeline, not a blanket veto power, is what actually governs how Washington screens foreign investment — and CY2025 filings show where the scrutiny concentrates.

The 90-Day Clock Behind US Foreign Deal Reviews
Affairs

How UN Peacekeeping Missions Get Mandated and Funded

Every blue-helmet mission exists because the Security Council wrote it into being, and survives because 193 states pay assessments the U.S. Congress can quietly starve.

Peacekeepers unloading supplies at a dusty forward operating base
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How Treaties Differ From Executive Agreements

Both bind the United States internationally; only one needs two-thirds of the Senate — and the overwhelming majority of U.S. commitments are now the other kind.

Diplomats exchanging instruments of ratification across a treaty table
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How Summit Diplomacy Prepares a G20 Meeting

A leaders' summit is the last hour of a year-long machine — sherpas, finance tracks, and bracketed drafts decide what the cameras see.

Negotiators drafting over bracketed text in a late-night sherpa session