The Future of Truth: Insights from the 2026 PS Media & Democracy Summit
By PS Editors June 29, 2026 The intersection of digital innovation and democratic integrity has reached a critical inflection point....
Global Economy
The Radical Duke: How the American Revolution Exposed Britain’s Constitutional Decay
By Danielle Allen July 3, 2026 The American Revolution is frequently framed as a singular struggle for colonial independence—a binary...
The Cornered Bear: Vladimir Putin’s High-Stakes Calculus Amidst Strategic Encirclement
By Ian Bremmer July 3, 2026 Introduction: A Presidency at the Precipice NEW YORK — For a quarter-century, Vladimir Putin...
The European Paradox: Why Leisure Could Be the Continent’s Secret Weapon in the Age of AI
By Kenneth Rogoff July 3, 2026 PARIS — As the global race for artificial intelligence supremacy accelerates, the European Union...
The Echoes of 1987: Why Today’s Mega-IPO Boom Carries a Familiar Warning
By Barry Eichengreen July 3, 2026 The global financial markets are currently gripped by a fervor not seen in a...
The Illusion of Autonomy: Why European Defense Spending Without Integration is a Strategic Dead End
By Marco Buti and Francesco Nicoli July 3, 2026 The European Union stands at a precarious geopolitical crossroads. As global...
The New Mercantilism: How the Trump Administration is Rewriting the Rules of Global Trade
By Dani Rodrik July 2, 2026 The post-World War II global economic order, once defined by the principles of multilateralism,...
The Great Rebalancing: Why the Global Majority Demands a New Financial Architecture
The international order, long governed by a set of post-WWII institutions, is facing a historic reckoning. From the bustling streets...
The Great American Myth: Reassessing the Foundations of U.S. Prosperity
By Shang-Jin Wei July 2, 2026 As the United States celebrates its semiquincentennial—marking 250 years since the signing of the...
A New Geopolitical Calculus: Azerbaijan’s Strategic Crossroads in the Wake of Armenia’s 2026 Elections
By Ali Karimli July 2, 2026 The South Caucasus, long viewed as a theater of frozen conflicts and entrenched proxy...
The Architecture of Exclusion: How Ancient Lessons in Oligarchy Explain Modern American Governance
In the autumn of 403 BCE, the city of Athens witnessed a profound restoration of democratic order. The 27-year Peloponnesian...
The Arsenal of Democracy Reborn: Why NATO’s Industrial Base Must Shift from Neglect to Mobilization
By Fiona E. Murray and Robert Murray July 1, 2026 In the corridors of power across Brussels and Washington, the...
