Ian Buruma thinks the key to Democrats's electoral success is to resist provocation and concentrate on the economy.

Helmut K. Anheier explains why the country has fallen on hard times politically, economically, and strategically.

Daniel Gros surveys ongoing economic transformations in the US, China, and the EU to determine their relative advantages.

Ian Bremmer thinks the US president will face only greater limits on his ability to disrupt international affairs.

Crystal Simeoni hopes a new Borrowers’ Platform will advocate structural change at the IMF–World Bank annual meetings.

African feminist activist, is Director of Nawi—the Afrifem Collective.

Agnia Grigas expects Russian provocations to continue until the alliance imposes meaningful costs on the Kremlin.

Shashi Tharoor explains why the two nuclear-armed neighbors are unlikely to renew diplomatic engagement any time soon.

Pepukaye Bardouille argues that countries' ability to set their own priorities is the only measure of progress that matters.

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Jeff Jarvis thinks all users of the technology have an interest in providing the data upon which good models depend.

Prasad Ananthakrishnan is a former chief of the Climate Finance Policy Unit at the International Monetary Fund.