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https://muse.jhu.edu/article/984721
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The first half of the 2020s bore witness to remarkable evolution in international trade, driven in part by both ideological dynamics and technological advances. In the United States, tariff levels rose to, and even exceeded, levels not seen since the 1930s Smoot-Hawley era. Internationally, shifting alignments, such as the rise of the BRICS trading bloc, indicate an attempt to counter the trading order historically dominated by the United States and Europe, even as the pending European Union-Mercosur trade deal, if ratified, would create the largest area of free trade in the world. At the same time, institutions such as the World Trade Organization face increasing fragmentation, and geography remains a
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Project MUSE®https://muse.jhu.edu/2026-05-16T00:00:00-05:00https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/174/image/coversmallLetter from the Editors: Trade policy is foreign policy, and (de)globalization is shaping this landscape2026-03-04text/htmlen-USLetter from the Editors: Trade policy is foreign policy, and (de)globalization is shaping this landscape2026-03-042026TWOProject MUSE®53212026-05-16T00:00:00-05:002026-03-04Trade Risks and Trade Dependencies in Dystopian Times
https://muse.jhu.edu/article/984722
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We would like to correct errors that appeared in Volume 45, Number 2, Fall-Winter 2025 issue of The SAIS Review of International Affairs. On Arthur Appleton’s article “Trade Risks and Trade Dependencies in Dystopian Times” on page 9, “7 of the 17 RREs” should be “7 of the 17 REEs” Click here for the updated PDF.
Russian revanchism, Chinese hegemonism, and America First isolationism have shifted US attention from rule-based multilateral trade to trade risks and trade dependencies. KPMG flagged five major geopolitical risks: (i) Tec-tonic shifts in power, economic centers and trade, (ii) A complex, fragmented regulatory and tax environment, (iii) A fast-moving and politicized technology landscape, (iv) Multiple
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Project MUSE®https://muse.jhu.edu/2026-05-16T00:00:00-05:00https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/174/image/coversmallTrade Risks and Trade Dependencies in Dystopian Times2026-03-04text/htmlen-USTrade Risks and Trade Dependencies in Dystopian Times2026-03-042026TWOProject MUSE®687352026-05-16T00:00:00-05:002026-03-04The Geoeconomics of Critical Minerals: Implications of a Trump–Central Asia Framework Agreement
https://muse.jhu.edu/article/984723
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We would like to correct errors that appeared in Volume 45, Number 2, Fall-Winter 2025 issue of The SAIS Review of International Affairs. In Dr. Marsha McGraw Olive’s article “The Geoeconomics of Critical Minerals: Implications of a Trump–Central Asia Framework Agreement” page 29 reads “Figure 3. FiTajikistan Antimony Exports” but it should be “Figure 3. Tajikistan Antimony Exports” and there is a duplicate word “fifty 50” on page 22: “...the United States was 100 percent net import dependent on 12 of the 50 nonfuel mineral commodities... and over fifty 50 percent dependent on 28 others...” which should read “and over 50 percent dependent on 28 others...” Click here for the updated PDF.
However promising the
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Project MUSE®https://muse.jhu.edu/2026-05-16T00:00:00-05:00https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/174/image/coversmallThe Geoeconomics of Critical Minerals: Implications of a Trump–Central Asia Framework Agreement2026-03-04text/htmlen-USThe Geoeconomics of Critical Minerals: Implications of a Trump–Central Asia Framework Agreement2026-03-042026TWOProject MUSE®825722026-05-16T00:00:00-05:002026-03-04Chokepoint Politics and the Reordering of Global Trade
https://muse.jhu.edu/article/984724
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“Globalization is itself a deeply historical, uneven, and even localizing process.”The paradox of the global economy is that it is imagined as fluid and borderless, yet this system depends on a few fragile and localized maritime spaces.The paradox of the global economy is that it is imagined as fluid and borderless, yet this system depends on a few fragile and localized maritime spaces. Chokepoints, such as the Suez Canal, Panama Canal, or the Bab el Mandeb Strait, are small in geographic size but carry a disproportionate share of the world’s material flows [See Figure 1]. The ideology of globalization emphasizes openness, flow, and deterritorialization, yet chokepoints re-territorialize power. Control over these
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Project MUSE®https://muse.jhu.edu/2026-05-16T00:00:00-05:00https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/174/image/coversmallChokepoint Politics and the Reordering of Global Trade2026-03-04text/htmlen-USChokepoint Politics and the Reordering of Global Trade2026-03-042026TWOProject MUSE®538622026-05-16T00:00:00-05:002026-03-04Trump’s Tariffs: Assessing the Impact on Solar Panel Production
https://muse.jhu.edu/article/984725
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We would like to correct errors that appeared in Volume 45, Number 2, Fall-Winter 2025 issue of The SAIS Review of International Affairs. In Rosette Hobeich’s article, “Trump’s Tariffs: Assessing the Impact on Solar Panel Production” on page 49, instead of a period (.) and the word “then”, there should be a comma without the word “then” as: “While the United States has experienced a large increase in anti-dumping and injury disputes under both terms of the Trump administration, its trade grapple with the solar panel industry initially dates back to 2011, Then when US manufacturers of crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells, …” Click here for the updated PDF.
While the United States has experienced a large increase
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Project MUSE®https://muse.jhu.edu/2026-05-16T00:00:00-05:00https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/174/image/coversmallTrump’s Tariffs: Assessing the Impact on Solar Panel Production2026-03-04text/htmlen-USTrump’s Tariffs: Assessing the Impact on Solar Panel Production2026-03-042026TWOProject MUSE®564892026-05-16T00:00:00-05:002026-03-04Africa and the World Trade Organization (WTO) Reform Imperative
https://muse.jhu.edu/article/984726
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Developing nations, particularly in Africa, grapple with systemic imbalances that squeeze policy spaces and heighten vulnerability to unilateral actions by stronger states.To engage properly with this topic, it is necessary to define key terms and give background context. The World Trade Organization (WTO) was formed in 1995 to administer rules of global trade among its member countries, in addition to the promotion of open markets, non-discrimination, as well as the gradual liberalization of trade. Multilateral trade refers to commerce across multiple countries operating under common rules rather than bilateral agreements or unilateral actions. A policy space means the freedom a government must have to adopt
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Project MUSE®https://muse.jhu.edu/2026-05-16T00:00:00-05:00https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/174/image/coversmallAfrica and the World Trade Organization (WTO) Reform Imperative2026-03-04text/htmlen-USAfrica and the World Trade Organization (WTO) Reform Imperative2026-03-042026TWOProject MUSE®395092026-05-16T00:00:00-05:002026-03-04The Rise of the Global South and Active Non-Alignment
https://muse.jhu.edu/article/984727
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We would like to correct errors that appeared in Volume 45, Number 2, Fall-Winter 2025 issue of The SAIS Review of International Affairs. In Ambassador Jorge Heine’s article, “The Rise of the Global South and Active Non-Alignment” (page 71) currently reads “This was the first time that a Trump President met…” but it should read “This was the first time a U.S. president met…” Click here for the updated PDF.
On November 6, 2025, the leaders of the five Central Asian republics—Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan—met with President Donald Trump in the White House.1 This was the first time a President Trump met with the Central Asian leaders as a group in any setting, let alone in the
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Project MUSE®https://muse.jhu.edu/2026-05-16T00:00:00-05:00https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/174/image/coversmallThe Rise of the Global South and Active Non-Alignment2026-03-04text/htmlen-USThe Rise of the Global South and Active Non-Alignment2026-03-042026TWOProject MUSE®715892026-05-16T00:00:00-05:002026-03-04