By Titir Bhattacharya and Tanika Chakraborty COVENTRY/KOLKATA – In recent years, governments in low- and middle-income countries have been experimenting with ways to alleviate the financial burden of high out-of-pocket costs for health care, which account for 40% of households’ catastrophic health spending.
By Roberto Patiño CARACAS – The upcoming presidential election in Venezuela, scheduled for July 28, is a critical moment for the country.
By William R. Rhodes and Stuart P.M. Mackintosh WASHINGTON, DC – Tensions between the United States and China continue to flare, even as Treasury Secretary Janet L.
By Jorge G. Castañeda MEXICO CITY – Mexico’s elections delivered numerous surprises but few certainties.
By Shashi Tharoor NEW DELHI – When the results of India’s general election were announced on June 4, the biggest losers were the pundits and pollsters, who had almost unanimously predicted an overwhelming victory for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
By Chris Patten LONDON – One would hope that the run-up to the United Kingdom’s general election on July 4 would feature not just weeks of political insults, dubious statistics, and empty promises but also a serious discussion about the country’s current state.
By Tom Achoki, Lawrence Were, and Ahmed Ogwell NAIROBI/BOSTON/WASHINGTON, DC – On December 12, 2019, a group of patients in Wuhan, China, started showing symptoms of an atypical pneumonia-like illness that did not respond well to standard treatments.
By Raghuram G. Rajan CHICAGO – There is a buzz in India today – a sense of limitless possibilities.
By William Ruto NAIROBI – Climate change continues to ravage Africa, which is enduring extreme weather and natural disasters on an unprecedented scale.
By Danjuma Adda JALINGO – In late March, the World Health Organization released new guidelines on the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of chronic hepatitis B (HBV) infection.
By Nina L. Khrushcheva NEW YORK – In December 1949, Mao Zedong flew to Moscow to meet Joseph Stalin.
By Richard K. Sherwin NEW YORK – The drama starring former US President Donald Trump that is now playing out in a New York City courtroom is more than just a criminal trial.
By Muhammad Al Jasser JEDDAH – Today’s world is confronting a host of complex development challenges, from climate change and rapid urbanization to widening inequality, debt sustainability, and a persistent digital divide.
By Nina L. Khrushcheva NEW YORK – In Russia, if a public figure is being prosecuted or punished, two things used to be true: they oppose Vladimir Putin’s rule or his “special military operation” in Ukraine, and they are not a high-ranking official.
By Gaurav Dalmia NEW DELHI – India, with 968 million eligible voters, is currently holding the largest exercise of democratic rights in the world.
By Manica Balasegaram GENEVA – It is widely believed that climate change is the single biggest threat to human health.
By Joseph S. Nye CAMBRIDGE – When US Secretary of State Antony Blinken recently visited Beijing in an effort to stabilize relations with China, many of the issues that he discussed with Chinese President Xi Jinping were highly contentious.
By Shashi Tharoor NEW DELHI – As India’s general election enters its second month, most conventional expectations have already been upended.
By Harold James PRINCETON – Gold has returned to the international monetary system.
By Yanis Varoufakis ATHENS – Three weeks ago, I was banned from entering Germany.
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