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NEW DELHI – It is easy to be pessimistic about multilateralism nowadays. Recent international gatherings – including the 2023 Sustainable...
MADRID – No alliance is eternal; it lasts only until it is no longer useful for at least one of the parties. That was true for France and Israel in...
BISHKEK – Central Asia – encompassing the former Soviet republics of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan – was...
SINGAPORE – The risks posed by the fragmentation of the multilateral trading system transcend mere inefficiencies. Without a coherent, rules-based...
CHICAGO – For an enterprising politician, perhaps the easiest political strategy nowadays is to tell unhappy voters that they are victims – of the...
NEW YORK – The very public and acrimonious split between US President Donald Trump and his once-favorite aide Elon Musk would be amusing if it were...
MILAN – A few years ago, there was an overarching global consensus on trade: the freer, the better. Only nerdy economists spent much time agonizing...
RIO DE JANEIRO – In late 2024, Brazilian federal police dismantled a sprawling illegal gold mining network in Pará, exposing a criminal enterprise...
FALMOUTH, UK – The independence of the US Federal Reserve is back in the spotlight. Late last month, Fed Chair Jerome Powell met at the White House...
SINGAPORE – As the multilateral order comes under growing strain, several trends are becoming increasingly clear. International development...
CAMBRIDGE – The surest way for policy advocates to lose a progressive audience is to start talking about the economy’s supply side, the importance...
CAIRO/ROME/JOHANNESBURG/LOS ANGELES – Rising uncertainty over the future of global trade and multilateralism is threatening to derail the long-term...
WASHINGTON, DC – In February, Afrobeats singer Tems won the Grammy for Best African Music Performance. Her achievement underscores the genre’s...
PRETORIA – Last month, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa became the first African leader to visit the White House during US President Donald...
SAN FRANCISCO – Ukraine’s June 1 assault on airbases across Russia has already ushered in a new conventional wisdom: the expensive, human-crewed...
PARIS – Covering more than 70% of the Earth’s surface, the ocean is indispensable for global health, climate regulation, and, crucially, economic...
LONDON – In 2015, the United Kingdom’s then-prime minister, David Cameron, stood before the United Nations General Assembly and challenged other...
LONDON – Sovereign bond yields have been rising sharply around the world, driven by growing concerns over US President Donald Trump’s economic...
RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA – As US President Donald Trump intensifies his campaign to dismantle the regulatory state, Peter Conti-Brown and Sean H....
NEW YORK – US Vice President J.D. Vance could not have made his point more clearly when, in a 2021 speech taking aim at American universities, he...
BOSTON/LOS GATOS – Elon Musk’s four-month run leading the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has ended amid a predictably public and petty...
BEIRUT/ADDIS ABABA/CAIRO – As the climate crisis escalates, the European Union and the United Kingdom are moving forward with their Carbon Border...
NEW YORK – On June 1, Ukraine conducted one of the most extraordinary asymmetric operations in modern military history. Using domestically built...