The American Semiquincentennial: A Global Audit of the City Upon a Hill
By Adekeye Adebajo July 17, 2026 As the United States marks its 250th anniversary—its semiquincentennial—the world watches with a mixture...
Global Economy
The Ivory Tower’s Digital Waterloo: Why Higher Education Faces an Existential Reckoning in the Age of AI
By Iryna Volnytska July 16, 2026 The halls of academia, once considered the impenetrable bastions of intellectual authority, are currently...
Beyond the Factory Floor: Rethinking Structural Transformation in the Age of AI and Green Energy
For over half a century, the blueprint for economic development was clear: transition labor from subsistence agriculture to manufacturing, harness...
The Illusion of Monetary Unity: Lessons from the Euro in an Age of Fragmentation
By Şebnem Kalemli-Özcan July 16, 2026 The global monetary order is currently undergoing its most significant stress test since the...
Hungary’s Eurozone Pivot: A Strategic Gamble or Economic Necessity?
By Gene Frieda July 16, 2026 Introduction: A Shift in Budapest’s Economic Calculus For over a decade, the relationship between...
The Transatlantic Mirage: Why Europe’s Appeasement Strategy is a Strategic Dead End
By Mark Leonard July 15, 2026 The recent NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey, has left the European political establishment in...
Beyond the Boardroom: Why Governments Must Assert Independence Over AI Oversight
By Gabriela Ramos and Emilija Stojmenova Duh July 15, 2026 The rapid ascent of artificial intelligence has moved beyond the...
The Great Disconnect: How the Iran Conflict is Reshaping the Global Economic Order
By Jayati Ghosh July 15, 2026 The current global economic landscape is defined by a paradox of perception. While major...
The Geopolitical Tightrope: Turkey’s Strategic Paradox in an Era of Global Instability
By Anne O. Krueger July 15, 2026 In the modern theater of international relations, few nations embody the agonizing trade-off...
The Aid Paradox: Why Global Development Cooperation is Losing Its Way
Introduction: A System in Identity Crisis For over half a century, the global development cooperation framework was built on a...
The Fossil Fuel Fallacy: How Trump’s Energy Policy Is Stifling the American Consumer Economy
For generations, the American engine of prosperity has been fueled by a simple, powerful promise: the availability of cheap, abundant...
The Energy Crucible: How the Iran-Strait of Hormuz Crisis is Remaking the ASEAN+3 Economic Order
By Yasuto Watanabe July 14, 2026 The global energy architecture, long characterized by the illusion of stability, has been shattered...
