The Great Stagnation: Why China’s Two-Decade Quest to Rebalance Has Failed
By Stephen S. Roach June 26, 2026 Nearly twenty years ago, the corridors of power in Beijing echoed with a...
macroeconomics
A New Equilibrium: Reassessing the Trajectory of US-China Strategic Relations
By Qiyuan Xu June 25, 2026 The geopolitical landscape underwent a subtle but profound shift last month. Following a period...
The Illusion of Endurance: Is Putin Miscalculating the Endgame in Ukraine?
By Sergei Guriev June 25, 2026 The geopolitical landscape of the Russo-Ukrainian war has shifted with a sudden, jarring momentum...
The AI Economic Pivot: Why Vanguard Predicts a 3% Growth Surge by 2027
By Joseph H. Davis, Vanguard June 25, 2026 The global economic landscape is currently navigating a period of profound transition....
The Death of Free Enterprise: How Crony Capitalism is Undermining the American Institutional Foundation
By Joseph E. Stiglitz June 24, 2026 The American economy was once defined by its robust institutional foundations—the rule of...
The Urban Frontline: How Global Cities are Architecting a Resilient, Green Future
In the global struggle against climate change, the narrative is shifting from abstract international accords to the concrete reality of...
The Beautiful Game and the Politics of Belonging: Why Deniz Undav’s Heroics Define Modern Germany
By Daron Acemoglu June 23, 2026 The Convergence of Identity and Achievement In the summer of 2026, as the world’s...
Beyond Stability: The Urgent Imperative for Latin American Economic Transformation
By Ilan Goldfajn and Eduardo Levy Yeyati June 23, 2026 For decades, the economic narrative of Latin America and the...
Beyond the Binary: Reimagining the Future of Global Microfinance
By Sophie Sirtaine and Buhle Goslar For too long, the global discourse surrounding microfinance has been trapped in a reductive...
The Post-Brexit Decade: A Nation in Transition as Keir Starmer Steps Down
By Mark Leonard June 23, 2026 Ten years ago today, the United Kingdom took a leap into the unknown, casting...
The Architect of Hubris: Assessing the Legacy of Alan Greenspan (1926–2026)
By Barry Eichengreen June 22, 2026 Alan Greenspan, who passed away this week at the age of 100, occupied the...
The Architecture of Capitulation: Anatomy of the Iran-U.S. Memorandum
By Timothy Snyder June 22, 2026 The geopolitical landscape shifted irrevocably this week as the United States and the Islamic...
