Slobodian on Trump’s ‘Billionaire Cabinet’ and the Rise of Silicon Valley Power
Quinn Slobodian, Professor of International History at the Pardee School of Global Studies, examines the unprecedented dominance of billionaires in Donald Trump’s second administration in a recent commentary published by The Guardian. Slobodian argues that while wealth and power have always been intertwined in American politics, the scale, sector, and strategy of elite influence are…
Heine on Technology and China’s Foreign Policy
Ambassador Jorge Heine, Research Professor at Boston University’s Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies and Interim Director of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, recently appeared on CGTN: Europe to discuss the connection between technology and China’s foreign policy. Heine argued that technology provided new avenues for economic growth worldwide…