Water scarcity, extreme heatwaves, and desertification are increasingly shaping everyday life in the Middle East and North ...

Martijn Konings urges anti-populists to offer a more appealing vision of the expansive use of the public purse.

Martijn Konings is Professor of Political Economy and Social Theory at the University of Sydney and the author, most recently ...

Timothy Snyder sees growing signs that America’s president seeks to turn the US military into a palace guard.

The rich world’s commitment to official development assistance (ODA) is fading fast. Aid budgets are flatlining ...

Rana Mitter traces the country’s emergence as a world power to the visionary leaders who pushed for greater openness.

Fakim, María Fernanda Espinosa and Shamshad Akhtar urge world leaders to overhaul a system that perpetuates poverty and ...

Shang-Jin Wei identifies areas where inter-regional cooperation can make up for America’s abdication of leadership.

Europe’s Existential Choice Olivier Chassignole/AFP via Getty Images Europe’s Existential Choice. May 19, 2025 Radosław Sikorski urges Europeans, for the sake of their own security, to take Donald ...

Dambisa Moyo considers the implications of higher borrowing costs, lower exports, and shrinking foreign-exchange reserves.

Axel van Trotsenburg touts improved reporting as the best way to protect development gains and prevent sovereign defaults.

Mordecai Kurz proposes a scheme that would address the injustice of policy-induced structural unemployment in America.