JP Singh

The international progressives: A source of hope for the world trading system Leave it to the Swiss to find the only effective response to President Donald Trump’s trade policy. Swatch, their famous eponymous watch company, issued a special commemorative watch with the three an...

Brilliant analysis from Alan Wm. Wolff on the role middle powers and progressives might play in revitalizing the WTO. The US share of world trade at 13% now is dwindling and China is too self-centered in its policies. Based on extensive interviews in Geneva and recent successes and cautions.

Wrote up a little something on the destructive economics of Donald Trump

Trump Officials Demand Apology From George Mason President Over Diversity

George Mason is one of the most diverse campuses in the U.S. intellectually and demographically. I'm proud to be on its faculty.

On targeting the university's first black President, the head of the Faculty Senate is quoted below as saying: “It feels extremely personal to me, and about him.”

frightening if the endgame is tyranny and inflation.

Brave of her, Carole, but heart-wrenchingly sad: this is what has become of us!

The human & horrifying aspects of racism & slavery need to be remembered. I work on global dimensions of racism. Some on the right dismiss it as woke. Those on the left because I don't critique capitalism. Racism to them is about class relations. There're blindspots on racism on the left and right.

How a thrown sub made ‘Sandwich Guy’ a resistance icon in Trump’s D.C. A DOJ employee was fired and charged with a felony after chucking a footlong at a federal agent. Now his likeness is a symbol — and for sale on T-shirts.

Speaking art to tyranny!

We asked 604 D.C. residents about Trump’s takeover. Here’s what they said. Though crime continues to be a concern, most residents strongly oppose Trump’s actions and don’t think they’ll make D.C. safer, a Washington Post-Schar School poll found.

This poll from my school shows that 79% of DC residents oppose Trump's actions on law enforcement. 78% feel safe. Crime was already declining. Trump's response: a justice dept. investigation of DC police data. And, more boots!

My Dean @markjrozell.bsky.social is quoted in the analysis below:

Op eds this year have been my 'go-to' method for rising above the daily frustration with our culture & politics. Here's my piece from last week -- written in the midst of the harassment my home institution @georgemasonu.bsky.social faced.

thehill.com/opinion/educ...

Executive Director Dr. George E. Bogden, Office of Trade Relations Securing America's Borders

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With the courts now active in trade policy, my op today on the constitutionality of Trump's tariffs.

"These rulings bring to forefront two constitutional debates in American history: the limits of executive authority and the right of Congress to regulate commerce. "

thehill.com/opinion/judi...

The Cambridge Global Handbook of Financial Infrastructure Cambridge Core - Finance and Accountancy - The Cambridge Global Handbook of Financial Infrastructure

Thrilled to share that the Cambridge Global Handbook of Financial Infrastructure, co-edited with Malcolm Campbell-Verduyn and Barbara Brandl, has been published!

You can find all chapters open access: doi.org/10.1017/9781...

My op ed today on the Kashmir attacks and the subsequent conflict between India and Pakistan:
thehill.com/opinion/inte...

What Trump will never understand about the Kennedy Center Two instances, one involving an “avant-garde” program and the other a traditional one, provide counterpoints to Trump’s unpolished maneuvers at the Center.

My op ed today on President Trump's assault on the arts.

thehill.com/opinion/camp...

Dunno. As a hoodlum, he's spectacular. As President, he's a socio-path with a lust of power that makes Lady Macbeth's machinations seem heroic.

Opinion | It’s Time to Protect America From America’s President (Gift Article) Trump’s authoritarian actions are vandalizing the American project.

The historically powerful, ideologically balanced, and constitutionally rich case for President Trump's removal: "illuminates an administration that is not only authoritarian but also reckless; this is vandalism of the American project."

Thank you!

Really? You mean Trump’s negotiating style, which is what I analyzed above, is now different — two days later

My oped on Trump's threats and inability to understand trade policy or negotiations.

"Henry Kissinger’s warning to Saudi Arabia that the U.S. would bomb their oil fields did not stem oil production cutbacks or price increases in 1973. Markets and diplomacy did."

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Already inserted in the lastest ISQ issue, in good company with @bendassler.bsky.social, Soo Yeon Kim, Evgeny Postnikov, @jp-singh.bsky.social and other IPE scholars

Thank you, Erin! No good will come out of cuts to research and higher education.

Entangled Narratives: Insights from Social and Computer Sciences on National Artificial Intelligence Infrastructures Abstract. How do countries narrate their values and priorities in artificial intelligence infrastructures in comparative national and global contexts? This

Sadly, the $1.4 m Minerva grant I lead (aistrategies.gmu.edu) is canceled. Our dozen member team has used mixed methods from computer & social sciences to analyze AI policies & innovation worldwide and the implications for defense & security. In the latest ISQ, an open source output of our research:

The Populist vs. the Billionaire: Bannon, Musk and the Battle Within MAGA President Trump has made clear he wants to keep both men and their allies within his movement, but the tensions are growing.

The Nazism of small differences.

May be I should have used the word 'magnanimous' yesterday: "Magnanimity tends to be prideful, and pride, especially in a puffed-up man, tends to be fragile": www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/o...

Jobs numbers take a couple of months getting sorted out fully. The most important number for now might be that the unemployment rate ticked up to 4.1%

Economy adds 151,000 jobs in February, a solid gain despite federal worker layoffs The labor market added jobs at a solid pace in February, despite a massive layoff in the federal government.

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US economy undershoots expectations with 151,000 jobs created February figure was below the 160,000 forecast by economists

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Contrasting headlines today. Bezos gets his econ from White House now

Washington Post: Economy adds 151,000 jobs in February, a solid gain despite federal worker layoffs.

FT: US economy undershoots expectations with 151,000 jobs created February figure was below the 160,000 forecast by economists

US backtracks on Canada-Mexico tariffs in latest sharp shift on trade Move would expand one-month carve-out for car imports to include all USMCA-compliant goods

The beneficent emperor has granted a reprieve. We only hope those fentanyl exporting enemies will show up wearing their finest suits to thank the most beautiful ruler -- who has no clothes.

Thank you!