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JOHANNESBURG—In this, its semiquincentennial year, let’s give America its due. By the turn of the 20th century, it was a leading industrial power...
WASHINGTON, DC—Africa’s richest person, the Nigerian industrialist Aliko Dangote, has built the world’s largest single-train oil refinery in...
BEIJING—Chinese firms have achieved global leadership in industries once assumed to be the preserve of advanced economies: electric vehicles,...
STOCKHOLM—If Russian President Vladimir Putin were to make a clearheaded assessment of the state of his war with Ukraine, he would seek a ceasefire....
MADRID—Some institutional failures unfold not through scandal but procedure, with acts of sabotage dressed up in the language of good-faith inquiry...
PRINCETON—In a new polemic that aims to serve as a manifesto for our times, the economists Julia Cagé of Sciences Po and Thomas Piketty of the...
ROME—The global monetary order is fragmenting. Each use of financial sanctions by the United States raises the option value of an alternative to the...
CAPE TOWN—The economist Dani Rodrik recently reopened one of development economics’ most enduring debates, arguing that developing countries...
KYIV—Just as French aristocrats under the ancien régime could hardly imagine the abolition of their noble titles, most of today’s university...
CANNES—For the first time in more than a decade, a Hungarian government has said something about the euro that markets can actually plan around....
NEW DELHI—The on-again, off-again US-Israeli war against Iran has underscored the growing disconnect between financial markets and real economic...
PARIS—It is now abundantly clear that governments must take responsibility for shaping the AI industry. Only independent and proactive institutions,...
BERLIN—European leaders breathed a sigh of relief as US President Donald Trump departed last week’s NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey. Despite a few...
WASHINGTON, DC—The rapid rise of China, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and the US-Israeli war with Iran have made geopolitical rivalry the main...
CAMBRIDGE—One of the most impressive feats of the current generation of tech oligarchs is that they have hacked not just computers or software, but...
SINGAPORE—The past four months have demonstrated just how volatile oil markets can be. In March, Brent crude climbed above $100 a barrel for the...
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VIRGINIA—After the 9/11 terrorist attacks, US President George W. Bush called on Americans to go shopping. While some people...
NAIROBI—In an increasingly unstable geopolitical environment, governments across the developed economies of the OECD are rethinking their spending...
NEW YORK—The Persian Gulf is in an unstable disequilibrium. There has been no lasting deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, because the United States...
WASHINGTON, DC—In the long sweep of history, China’s economic performance over the past 50 years will obviously stand out for the sheer scale and...
MOSCOW—Karl Marx once wrote that theory becomes a material force the moment it grips the masses. Soviet leaders took that line and ran with...
MADRID—One way to represent the AI age is with a steep curve and a gradual slope. The curve rises almost vertically: models rapidly grow cheaper,...
WASHINGTON, DC—Japan appears to be on the cusp of a full-blown currency and bond-market crisis. Although the Japanese authorities spent more than...
TEL AVIV—Late last month, Lebanon and Israel signed a framework agreement with the United States that Lebanon’s chief negotiator, Nada Hamadeh...
CANNES—The Gulf ceasefire lasted barely three weeks. After Iranian attacks on three commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz, the United States...
NEW YORK—The self-immolation of exiled Tibetan activist Lobga Rangzen outside United Nations headquarters in New York on July 2 was not an...
MELBOURNE—The inaugural Enhanced Games, held in Las Vegas in May, allowed participating athletes to use performance-enhancing drugs. The Games’...
LONDON—The debate over stablecoins and central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) may seem to be about technology, but it is actually about the...
JEDDAH—The global development landscape is under severe strain. Aid flows are tightening, financing gaps are widening, debt pressures are mounting,...
GAUCÍN—“Oligarchy” is by now a familiar name for the billionaire brethren who freely acknowledge the difference, indeed the conflict, between...
BRUSSELS—In early June, the European Commission unveiled its Tech Sovereignty Package, a new policy agenda designed to strengthen Europe’s...
LONDON — The inevitable was about to happen: Argentina would dispatch Cape Verde. But then, deep into extra time, wonder struck: Sidny Lopes Cabral,...
BERKELEY/KYIV—If necessity is the mother of innovation, Ukraine’s military technology industry, particularly drone production, is Exhibit A. When...
WASHINGTON, DC—My advice for the two million young people who graduated with bachelor’s degrees over the last few months and are just starting...
BOSTON—Designer babies who are genetically engineered for desirable health, physical, and intellectual features are now within reach using existing...
ANKARA—When NATO leaders arrive in Ankara for their annual summit on July 7–8, they will be meeting in a country whose strategic importance is...
NEW YORK—With the 2026 FIFA World Cup, cohosted by Canada, the United States, and Mexico, in its knockout rounds, it’s now win or go home. But as...
ISTANBUL—As NATO prepares for its July 7–8 summit in Ankara, the alliance faces a bigger challenge than either Russia or China: its members no...
MILAN—At the World Economic Forum’s 2026 meeting in Davos, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney described a “rupture” in the world order and...
BERLIN—As the United States withdraws from Europe under President Donald Trump’s second administration, it is not only reducing its military...
DARTMOUTH, UK—Questions about the financial implications of radical new technologies—AI, space travel, and their associated infrastructures, to...
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