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LONDON – In the first half of 2025, nearly 20,000 people crossed the English Channel to the United Kingdom in small boats – a 48% increase from the...
FREIBURG – Democratic societies require free and fair elections and an independent and impartial judiciary that resolves disputes without regard to...
PARIS – The world’s superpowers have developed a seemingly insatiable appetite for the critical minerals that are essential to the ongoing energy...
STOCKHOLM – “Money makes the world go around,” sings the showgirl Sally Bowles in Cabaret, the iconic musical set against the backdrop of the...
BERLIN – When I built my first website back in 1998, the internet felt expansive. You could publish something in Berlin, and someone in Boston or...
LONDON – A recent edition of the Economist has an amusing if somewhat desultory lead article about the current state of the United Kingdom,...
LONDON – Amid the wider instability sweeping the Middle East and North Africa, Libya has risen to the top of the agenda at high-level European...
BRUSSELS/GENEVA/PARIS – Scientists have repeatedly warned us – with ever-growing intensity – that the planet is hurtling toward climate tipping...
SINGAPORE – In his meetings with US President Donald Trump in Washington this week, Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr., is navigating a...
JAKARTA – Be careful what you wish for, lest it come true. That ancient proverb comes to mind when considering the eagerness of America’s trade...
TEL AVIV – Democracies and dictatorships have sharply diverging attitudes toward war. Whereas violent conflict was central to the ideologies that...
BRIDGETOWN – Every few years, a new idea captures the imagination of development experts and practitioners. Though often launched with noble...
WASHINGTON, DC – US President Donald Trump reportedly polled a group of House Republicans last Tuesday about whether he should fire Federal Reserve...
CAPE TOWN – In 2015, the landmark Paris climate agreement set the ambitious but necessary goal of limiting global warming to 1.5° Celsius above...
LONDON – With many commentators eulogizing the liberal international order that had hitherto underpinned US hegemony, some are wondering if...
ATHENS – I am sure you have heard all about Greece’ remarkable turnaround, its metamorphosis from basket case to success story, from Europe’s...
NEW HAVEN – Three months after President Donald Trump announced plans to impose sweeping new tariffs on most countries, the US economy appears...