Harold James sees UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s loss of political authority as symptomatic of a broader malaise.

Stephen S. Roach thinks Xi Jinping’s hierarchy of ultimatums, with Taiwan now firmly at the top, is sending mixed signals.

Pope Leo XIV has made waves with his first encyclical, in which he describes the development and deployment of new AI tools as a profound threat to human dignity. If anything, he has not gone far ...

Aug 7, 2025 Yi Fuxian draws parallels between the empire’s missteps and the Chinese government’s efforts to avoid a similar fate. Despite strong fundamentals, India's economy has major vulnerabilities ...

Mark Leonard, Director of the European Council on Foreign Relations, is the author, most recently, of Surviving Chaos: Geopolitics When the Rules Fail (Polity Press, 2026).

Johan Rockström & Inga Strümke detail the lengths to which the country has gone to transform itself into a global innovation ...

Peter G. Kirchschläger assesses Leo XIV’s first encyclical, which addresses the threats to freedom and dignity posed by AI.

Gaurav Dalmia & Chetan Aggarwal suggest how the country can leverage its relative strength to build long-term resilience.

Ian Bremmer, Founder and President of Eurasia Group and GZERO Media, is a member of the Executive Committee of the UN High-level Advisory Body on Artificial Intelligence.

Policymakers have used the concept of a “just transition” to make a morally and emotionally compelling case for decarbonization. But the experiences of Ethiopia, Pakistan, and South Africa show that ...

With AI hype reaching fever pitch, a backlash has begun, with university graduates, in particular, resisting a technology ...

Anne O. Krueger is not surprised that the shakedown of allies and adversaries alike is failing economically and strategically ...