Experts in the News

"This is a moment of reckoning for the business model on U.S. onshore shale plays," said Michelle Michot Foss, fellow in energy and minerals, of the struggling oilfield services sector.

“All the hype makes it seem like a miracle is around the corner, and that is just not the case. This is not going to be a quick fix,” said health policy fellow Peter Hotez about the long road ahead for developing a Covid-19 vaccine.

Despite criticism, the summit in Washington this week is a win for President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, who is seeking international legitimacy at a time when Mexico faces multiple crises, wrote nonresident scholar Jesús Velsco.

"Much of the animosity that generated the blockade in 2017 originated in Abu Dhabi more than in Riyadh, and ... the rift can only fully end when the leadership in the UAE is ready to move on," said Middle East Fellow Kristian Coates Ulrichsen of the ongoing feud between Qatar and fellow GCC members.

Tax Day is upon us, albeit three months later than usual. Public finance fellow Joyce Beebe took a look at those who don’t bother to file and what the IRS is and isn’t doing about them. You might be surprised at the worst offenders.