By Orville Schell NEW YORK – “Today we’re in one era, and tomorrow we’ll be in a different era,” President Donald Trump loudly proclaimed from the White House Rose Garden as he hiked US tariffs to their highest level since 1909.
By Shamika Sirimanne, Xiaolan Fu GENEVA/LONDON – AI is often presented as the next peak of human innovation, owing to its potential to revolutionize industries, transform economies, and improve lives.
By Daron Acemoglu BOSTON – AI “agents” are coming, whether we are ready or not.
By Rabah Arezki PARIS – US President Donald Trump’s repeated threats to impose reciprocal tariffs on goods from nearly every country have set off alarm bells around the world.
By Chris Patten LONDON – My mother used to say of those whose rise to fame was built on bluster rather than talent: “Mark my words.
By Hippolyte Fofack WASHINGTON, DC – Back in 2015, then-Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta warned the Pan-African Parliament about the dangers of development assistance.
By Gaston Browne SAINT JOHN’S – Last week, heads of state, ministers of finance and energy, investors, civil-society groups, and energy-industry leaders convened in Barbados for the Sustainable Energy for All (SEforAll) Forum.
By Carl Bildt STOCKHOLM – Once upon a time, the United States saw the contest between democracy and authoritarianism as a singularly defining issue.
By Bright Simons ACCRA – US President Donald Trump’s decision to gut USAID – effectively dismantling 42% of the global humanitarian-aid system and jeopardizing millions of lives – has reignited the debate over the effectiveness of foreign assistance.
By Laura Tyson, Lenny Mendonca BERKELEY – In his inaugural address this January, Donald Trump framed immigration to the United States as a national security threat, proclaiming, “I will send troops to the southern border to repel the disastrous invasion of our country.”
By Shashi Tharoor NEW DELHI – US President Donald Trump’s tariff threats have dominated headlines in India in recent weeks.
By Todd G. Buchholz SAN DIEGO – While headlines scream about America’s $35.5 trillion national debt and President Donald Trump’s drive to “drain the swamp” in Washington, three factors are reshaping the US economic terrain.
By Florian Juergens-Grant, Luca Pellerano BEIRUT/LONDON – Since their inception in late-nineteenth-century Europe, social protection programs have been financed primarily through payroll contributions by workers and employers.
By Nina L. Khrushcheva NEW YORK – US President Donald Trump has swiped another page from the authoritarian playbook.
By Jan-Werner Mueller PRINCETON – For the past decade, scholars have been debating how to make sense of Donald Trump’s rise and rule.
By Jorge Heine BOSTON – While much of the media’s focus has understandably been directed at US President Donald Trump’s brusque treatment of Ukraine, Latin America has also been significantly affected by the new administration’s flurry of sudden policy changes.
By Kenneth Rogoff CAMBRIDGE – While global attention is focused on US President Donald Trump’s policies toward Europe, China, and Russia, his impact on Africa and Latin America could be just as profound.
By Andrew Kosenko and Joseph E. Stiglitz NEW YORK – It is now clear that US President Donald Trump’s administration will betray Ukraine in its fight to resist Russian aggression.
By Sami Mahroum DUBAI – In Hermann Hesse’s novel The Journey to the East, a group of pilgrims sets out on a spiritual quest, guided by Leo, a seemingly humble servant who tends to their needs and keeps them organized.
By Chris Patten LONDON – US President Donald Trump is systematically dismantling the network of multilateral institutions, organizations, and agreements that have helped prevent a third world war for more than 70 years.
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