Carl Bildt marvels at the similarities between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump’s failed wars of choice.

Hippolyte Fofack urges the rest of the world to recognize the continent’s demographic tailwind and industrial potential.

Wha distinguishes current deficit and debt dynamics from those in the run-up to the 2008 global financial crisis.

If Donald Trump and Xi Jinping's Beijing summit produces a sustained Sino-American trade truce and a path to reopening the Strait of Hormuz, that will give the world economy something it has lacked ...

Under Xi Jinping, China is moving steadily away from the pragmatic authoritarianism of the reform era toward the restoration of Mao-style totalitarianism. Two recent books argue that Xi's political ...

Djoomart Otorbaev thinks Uzbekistan’s upcoming London IPO could reshape investors’ perceptions of a long-overlooked region.

Timothy Snyder shows how the Trump administration’s war in Iran and policies at home have undermined US global primacy.

David Miliband urges the international community to fund high-impact, low-cost immunization efforts in conflict zones.

The digital euro could change that, but only if policymakers are willing to make the political case for it.

But while all life depends on the water cycle, it is coming under increasing strain and losing its ability to perform these ...