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CHICAGO – Two and a half years after Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the Russian economy seems like a...
WASHINGTON, DC – The United States has adopted increasingly protectionist policies over the past few years, raising tariffs, revising or...
AMSTERDAM – Ever since Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva returned to office in 2023 and told the world that Brazil is “back on the...
CAMBRIDGE – The script of Latin American politics too often reads like a “dictator novel,” and on September 11, another chapter drew to a close...
TEL AVIV – Israel’s assassination of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah is an event of historic proportions in the Middle East. As can be seen...
STANFORD – Iran and Israel have long been locked in a volatile confrontation – a cold war chronically in danger of turning hot. Weaponizing a...
MEXICO CITY – Mexico has just inaugurated a new president, Claudia Sheinbaum, the first woman to hold the post. But her term begins under the...
NEW YORK – The timing of China’s new stimulus package is not coincidental. Arriving just before the 75th anniversary of the People’s Republic,...
WASHINGTON, DC – Whenever the odds seem stacked against human progress – when economic growth looks set to remain feeble, when too many...
VIENNA – Commentators have been unanimous in describing Sunday’s legislative election in Austria as a victory for the far-right Freedom Party...
WASHINGTON, DC – The Middle East resembles nothing so much as an earthquake zone with multiple fault lines. This week, fighting increased sharply...
MILAN – China is making sure it is ready for the transition to a sustainable economy. By investing heavily in green technologies and leveraging...
BEIJING – In January, shortly before the Chinese government set its annual growth target at 5%, I estimated that if net exports stopped...
NEW YORK – One year ago, Hamas killed some 1,200 people – overwhelmingly civilians – in Israel and took more than 250 hostage. Since then,...
LJUBLJANA – I sometimes listen to podcasts about the secrets behind the best-known magic tricks (the three-shell game, mentalism, levitation),...
CAMBRIDGE – How long can the complacent West continue to ignore Africa’s sovereign-debt crisis? As African countries grapple with unsustainable...
PARIS – In Australia, California, the Amazon, and many other places nowadays, red skies, glowing and thick with smoke and ash, have become...
STOCKHOLM – Since 2014, and especially since 2022, Russia’s economy has been subjected to severe international sanctions. Yet assessments of...
WASHINGTON, DC – Any reader of the daily news could be forgiven for thinking the world is in decline. Amid so many conflicts and societal strains,...
NEW YORK – As world leaders convened in New York for the United Nations General Assembly, the prospect of reforming the Security Council emerged as...
NEW YORK – Around the world, we are witnessing the devastating effects of changing temperatures. Droughts, floods, and sweltering heat are taking...
COLOMBO –Ranil Wickremesinghe, Sri Lanka’s president, recently lost his re-election bid after voters overwhelmingly rejected the...
MOSCOW – This is not strictly a review of Sergey Radchenko’s recent book, To Run the World: The Kremlin’s Cold War Bid for Global Power ....
NAIROBI – Africa’s food systems are facing myriad challenges, from climate shocks and low productivity to supply-chain disruptions and soil...