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Make merry while you can because the global outlook is getting bleaker

Globalization Sharmila Devi - December 26, 2025.

Amid the seasonal festivity at this time of year, a number of think tanks and aid agencies delivered a dose of reality and released their...

Where are the limits of Big Tech socialism?

Economy Noreena Hertz - January 2, 2026.

At the Saudi-US Investment Forum in November, Elon Musk sketched a future in which AI and humanoid robots will do almost all the work. Money, he...

America First tops global health in African aid deals

Globalization Sharmila Devi - January 16, 2026.

A raft of new bilateral health deals between the US and 14 African countries illustrates how Washington is following through on putting America First at...

Crypto market at the end of 2025 —decline despite political support

Economy The Editorial Board - December 31, 2025.

At the end of December, cryptocurrencies entered a period of deep consolidation. Bitcoin hovered between $87,000 and $90,000, far below the peak of $126,000 reached...

Pope Leo XIV convenes cardinals and signals reforms ahead

Globalization TA | AP Insight - January 7, 2026.

Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday opened a new phase of his pontificate by gathering the world’s cardinals to Rome and indicating some reform-minded priorities by...

Why has AI diffusion been uneven so far?

Economy Michael Spence - December 29, 2025.

The development of increasingly powerful models is central to the unfolding AI revolution. But this revolution has a second, equally important component: the adaptation and adoption...

Russia is testing the West’s red lines by attacking Ukrainian infrastructure

Eastern Europe Oleksandr Levchenko - January 13, 2026.

On January 11, 2026, 1,418 days had passed since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Russia’s full-scale aggression has now equalled in duration...

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