Donavan Lingerfelt

Donavan Lingerfelt is an economic research assistant at The Buckeye Institute and a 2025 graduate fellow at the American Institute for Economic Research.

How China Remade Global Trade — and Then Broke It

Trade has made us wealthy and resilient, but also vulnerable to coercion. As China's economic power peaks, its political model may be reaching its limits.

How China Remade Global Trade — and Then Broke It

China’s Elite Are Disillusioned With America—But Can’t Quit It

“Chimerica” is unraveling — but its contradictions remain.

China’s Elite Are Disillusioned With America—But Can’t Quit It