Politics and Policy

Yale SOM’s Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, computer scientist and entrepreneur David Siegel, and co-author Stephen Henriques argue that the growing backlash against data centers should lead to stronger protections and enforceable community benefits—not an end to the AI infrastructure boom.

The FDA should recommit to transparent, evidence-based decision-making, apply its standards consistently, and modernize its regulatory systems, argue Yale SOM’s Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Megan Ranney and Sten Vermund of the Yale School of Public Health, and Harvard neurologist Patricia Greenstein, with co-author Steven Tian.

At the World Bank’s Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency, Laura Alonzo ’96 mobilizes private investment in the developing and conflict-wracked economies that need it most.

Drawing on his experience at Yale SOM, his career in finance, and his first encounter with a New England town meeting, Ramesh Ramanathan ’91 returned to India with his wife, Swati, to help citizens shape the future of their communities.

Yale SOM’s Jeffrey Sonnenfeld argues that the proliferation of organizations fighting for democracy has divided resources, muddled messaging, and discouraged potential allies.

Yale SOM’s Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and co-author Steven Tian argue that after falling short of his stated objectives in Iran, President Trump has turned to a familiar set of political and rhetorical tactics: declaring victory, redirecting public attention, and recasting friends as foes and foes as friends.

Yale SOM’s William English, a former Fed official, writes that a less communicative Fed could undermine monetary policy effectiveness, increase market volatility, and weaken democratic accountability.

By striking down Trump’s tariff authority, write Yale SOM’s Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and co-author Steven Tian, the Supreme Court handed him a chance to retreat from a damaging trade war while claiming credit for a more effective negotiating strategy.

A new study from Yale SOM’s Minjae Kim addresses why politicians benefit from projecting views that are more extreme than those of their own voters—even though voters say they want representatives who reflect their own beliefs.

The president’s relentless self-branding is intended to signal success and sustain authority, Yale SOM’s Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and Steven Tian argue, but beneath the gold-plated surface lies a deeper fragility.