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Will AI Kill the Firm?

DUBAI – Almost everywhere, debates about AI remain narrowly focused, indeed almost fixated, on its impact on employment and return on investment....

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Sami Mahroum

Can China Catch Up with the US Economically?

SEOUL – All eyes were on Seoul, South Korea, this week, as Chinese President Xi Jinping met with US President Donald Trump to negotiate a framework...

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Keun Lee

How Vulnerable Is China?

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Ps Commentators

Trump’s Pivot from Asia

NEW YORK – US President Donald Trump spent much of the last week of October in Asia. He managed to bring about ceasefires on several fronts of a...

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Richard Haass

The Coming US-China Thaw

AUSTIN – Last year, Texas banned professional contact by state employees (including university professors) with mainland China, to “harden” itself...

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James K. Galbraith

The Big Lie Behind Trump’s Boat Strikes

TORONTO – When announcing an aggressive policy, US President Donald Trump typically offers some grotesque justification – a nonsensical fiction...

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Timothy Snyder

Development Finance Must Shift Away from Aid

BEIJING – Traditional donors have sharply scaled back their aid commitments to developing countries over the past year. Some, like the United...

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Justin Yifu Lin

Indian Politics Are a Family Business

NEW DELHI – For decades, one family has towered over Indian politics. The influence of the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty – including independent India’s...

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Shashi Tharoor

The Trouble with Abundance

CAMBRIDGE – As US President Donald Trump purports to “Make America Great Again” by implementing policies that directly harm the lower- and middle-...

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Jeffrey Frankel

Can China Meet Its Massive Climate-Finance Needs?

NEW DELHI – Discussions about climate finance often focus on the most vulnerable countries, such as small island developing states – and for good...

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Rakesh Mohan

How Social Protection Can Accelerate Climate Action

EDINBURGH – Ahead of this year’s United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30) in Belém, Brazil, countries are being urged to embrace an...

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Tracy Kajumba

The Makings of Peace

PARIS – Like the air we breathe, peace does not typically command our attention until we lose it. That is why the study of peace is inextricably...

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Vanessa Badré

Trump’s Supporters Should Be Careful What They Wish For

WASHINGTON, DC – On November 5, the US Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in a case challenging President Donald Trump’s “reciprocal...

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Simon Johnson

Is Trump Ruling Like a King?

WASHINGTON, DC – Kings rule by birth and blessing. They also rule by fear. When millions of protesters came out this month to say, “No Kings,”...

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Carla Norrlöf

Courts Are Shaping the Future of Climate Action

BERLIN/BONN – Amid rising geopolitical tensions, pressure to comply with climate obligations increasingly comes from courts. Earlier this year,...

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Francesca Mascha Klein

The Global Polytunity

WASHINGTON, DC – Conflicts, trade wars, inequality, and democratic decay fill today’s headlines. Each crisis appears to be feeding the next, and it...

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Yuen Yuen Ang

In Russia, Enemies Are Everywhere

MOSCOW – In the 18th century, Russian emperor Peter the Great regularly had his detractors tortured, exiled to Siberia, and executed, sometimes for...

29.10.2025 10

Nina L. Khrushcheva

Neglected Solutions to Our Biggest Problems

CAMBRIDGE – We need new ideas to address the three greatest economic challenges of our time: climate change, the erosion of the middle class, and...

29.10.2025 2

Dani Rodrik

Profiles in Weakness at the Trump-Xi Meeting

PRINCETON – The world has awaited this week’s meeting between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping with bated breath. Can a...

29.10.2025 4

Harold James

How International Crises Help Authoritarians

ISTANBUL – US President Donald Trump’s ferocious assault on American institutions over the last nine months is a particularly morbid symptom of the...

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Senem Aydin-Düzgit

Will AI Bury Future Generations in Cognitive Debt?

PARIS – The pianist Keith Jarrett’s Köln Concert is one of the greatest pieces of improvisation in the history of jazz – an hour of...

28.10.2025 10

Bertrand Badré

No Kings Means No Barons

ATHENS – France, the United Kingdom, the United States, and even Germany are all in fiscal jeopardy, with ballooning liabilities for pensions,...

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Yanis Varoufakis

What AI Means for Growth and Jobs

PARIS – As more businesses begin to experiment with AI and consider how it might improve their profitability, debates about the implications for...

28.10.2025 2

Philippe Aghion

Can Trump Achieve Eternal Peace in Gaza?

BERLIN – Past wars in the Middle East have not only brought immense human suffering but also created new paths toward peace. The same holds for the...

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