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The Bank of Japan’s big move at the end of last month was a watershed moment in recent monetary-policy history. Its surprise rate increase...
Think back to late June and early July. The French far right was favored to win a snap parliamentary election. Trumpist judges in the United States...
The recent violent upheaval that led to a military-backed regime change in Bangladesh, followed by the country’s pleas for $6.5 billion in...
An overwhelming majority of Israelis say they want a cease-fire deal to get the remaining hostages in Gaza back alive. Most also say they’re...
The transformation of liberalism, namely its polarization, lies at the heart of social divisions and a retreat of democracy in the United States....
Two days of discussions last week at the School of Global Policy and Strategy at the University of California, San Diego about Japan’s future role...
Central bank decisions have become more predictable. Not in Japan. Kazuo Ueda broke one of the cardinal rules of monetary practice with his recent...
In the U.S. presidential election, as I noted in a very brief post on this topic for CFR.org, the race remains very close between former President...
Not for the first time, Ukraine is having problems with support from Berlin. It also has a France, U.S. and even a U.K. problem. Taken together,...
Early in this century, I was told, the United Kingdom compiled a list of the 10 most important actions to take in the event of an emergency. One...
As summer heats up, the vicious debate that has held our polarized nation hostage is reaching new levels of vitriol. I’m talking, of course, about...
"Every man, woman and child lives under a nuclear sword of Damocles, hanging by the slenderest of threads, capable of being cut at any moment by...
Cultural authenticity hasn’t always been crucial to video games. Few Italians complain about Super Mario’s stereotypical accent or Indians about...
Every U.S. presidential election is consequential, but American voters face an unusually weighty decision in 2024. The outcome will have...
Vice President Kamala Harris’ acceptance speech was a call for a new path forward, to a country where a woman’s job is commander-in-chief. It was...
By providing Ukraine with early military, political and financial support, U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration saved it from being overrun...