The Coming Scrutiny of Overseas Investment
By: Thomas P. Feddo, Senior Adviser and Elena McGovern, Head of Private Markets October 30, 2022 – The era of China’s openness is coming to a close. In the United States, the doors that led to this globalization era, thrust open by the end of the Cold War, are...
US-Saudi Rapprochement Goes Beyond Oil: Underappreciated Drivers of Biden’s Trip to Riyadh
By: Daniel Silverberg President Biden will likely put aside decades of well-documented personal mistrust toward the Saudis to meet with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman next month in Riyadh. In explaining this sea change, most analysts focused on the Saudis’ role in...
Congressional Response to Russia’s Ukraine Invasion Narrows to Energy Policy
By: Daniel Silverberg March 28, 2022 As the war in Ukraine rages on, Capstone believes Congress has largely spent its sanctions bullets and will have to settle for smaller legislation that codifies what the administration has already done as well as other symbolic...
The Ukraine-Russia Conflict and Changing Global Dynamics
By Daniel Silverberg March 15, 2022 — The fact that Ukraine has withstood Russia’s brutal assault and that Kyiv has yet to fall has shocked observers—no one is likely more shocked than President Putin himself. Putin likely commenced this conflict with the expectation...
