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The US Attack on Venezuela

yesterday 30

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Ratcheting Up the Pressure on Afghanistan’s Gender Apartheid

EDINBURGH – As we enter a new year, 2.13 million primary-school-aged children remain out of school in Afghanistan, while 2.2 million girls have...

yesterday 40

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Gordon Brown

The Revenge of Global Imbalances

LONDON – On January 1, France assumed the presidency of the G7, the hoary club of advanced economies. Under its presidency, the focus of the...

yesterday 30

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Barry Eichengreen

Are Central Banks Enabling Unsustainable Government Deficits?

CHICAGO – Japan, the United States, and other countries with sovereign debt at or above total GDP need to shrink their fiscal deficits to keep...

yesterday 20

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Raghuram G. Rajan

The 2026 Outlook Calls for Recalibration

NEW YORK – For global markets, 2025 was defined as much by what did not happen as by what did. The year offered a masterclass in the power of a...

yesterday 20

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Mohamed A. El-Erian

India’s Dwindling Maoist Insurgency

NEW DELHI – Early this century, as India was emerging as one of the global economy’s shining stars, a shadow darkened its heartland: a violent...

yesterday 30

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Shashi Tharoor

Why This Time Is Different for Iran

WASHINGTON, DC – Iranians have taken to the streets to protest the collapse of the country’s currency and surging inflation, with many calling for...

09.01.2026 30

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Vali Nasr

Japan Can No Longer Afford Strategic Confusion

TOKYO – It is not too dramatic to say that Japan has only 12 years left to secure its future. By 2038, Chinese President Xi Jinping will be 85...

09.01.2026 40

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Taniguchi Tomohiko

What Now for the “Rules-Based Order”?

BOSTON – The Trump administration’s capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro marks a watershed for international law and the global order. Of...

09.01.2026 50

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Daron Acemoglu

Yankee Go Home, Again

MEXICO CITY – After months of threats and escalating violence over Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro’s alleged involvement in drug trafficking,...

09.01.2026 40

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Jorge G. Castañeda

The Economic Roots of Iran’s Protests

BLACKSBURG, VIRGINIA – The protests that erupted in Tehran on December 28 and quickly spread across Iran were triggered by a specific grievance:...

09.01.2026 7

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Djavad Salehi-Isfahani

A Slain Mother and the Triumph of the Lie

BERLIN – When US Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem declared that a 37-year-old Minneapolis mother had been gunned down by federal officials...

09.01.2026 6

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Stephen Holmes

An Overlooked Way to Close Africa’s Health Gaps

WASHINGTON, DC – Every year, millions of Africans fall into poverty simply because they got sick. A complicated pregnancy, a malaria infection, or...

09.01.2026 10

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Ndidi Okonkwo Nwuneli

America’s New Age of Empire

NEW YORK – US President Donald Trump has drawn a wave of criticism for his actions in Venezuela, violations of international law, disdain for...

09.01.2026 6

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Joseph E. Stiglitz

The Major Economies’ Prospects in 2026

USHUAIA – As the year begins, the world’s three biggest economies are performing very differently. Whereas the United States is roaring ahead, the...

08.01.2026 50

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Daniel Gros

The Limits of Prediction Markets

IRVINE – In early December, Time magazine named the “Architects of AI” its 2025 Person of the Year. The lead-up to this announcement has always...

08.01.2026 40

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Erin Lockwood

Trump’s Jungle Rules

08.01.2026 40

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Ian Bremmer

Trump’s Hobbesian World Order

TEL AVIV – One year into his second presidency, Donald Trump has established himself as the most revolutionary US president in recent history....

08.01.2026 40

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Shlomo Ben-Ami

Venezuela and the Future of the West

LONDON – In a recent commentary, Gemma Cheng’er Deng and I argued that the West needs to open its eyes to how the world is evolving, especially in...

08.01.2026 40

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Jim O&x27Neill

Ensuring Pandemic Financing for Middle-Income Countries

JAKARTA/WASHINGTON, DC – Six years after the outbreak of COVID-19, the world is in danger of forgetting the lessons learned and repeating the same...

07.01.2026 60

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Masyita Crystallin

The Hollowing Out of East Asian Industry

07.01.2026 60

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Keun Lee

The End of China’s One-Child Policy, Ten Years Later

MADISON – January 1 marked a decade since China repealed its one-child policy. Just ten days before, Peng Peiyun, who long oversaw the often-brutal...

07.01.2026 60

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Yi Fuxian

Overcapacity Is China’s Biggest AI Advantage

LOS ANGELES – While debates over the AI race between the United States and China tend to fixate on which country has the most powerful frontier...

07.01.2026 20

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Angela Huyue Zhang

The Looming Population Bust

LONDON – While many people still view runaway population growth as today’s most urgent global challenge, falling fertility rates are the real...

07.01.2026 20

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Beata Javorcik