Zaki Laïdi explains how internal divisions and outdated assumptions have left the continent in a precarious position.

Susan Stokes sees the US president’s pressure on universities as a textbook sign of a country sliding into autocracy.

Jeffrey Wu explains how the Chinese industrial model is reshaping global competition across many sectors.

Daniel Gros attributes diverging views on trade to differences in institutions, social resilience, and political narratives.

Serah Makka & Rosemary Mburu urge the G20 to make lowering borrowing costs for the continent’s governments a high priority ...

James K. Galbraith asks whether US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is right to urge the Federal Reserve to lower interests ...

Claudio de Sanctis sees a need for more financial innovation to bring blue-economy investments into the mainstream.

Shashi Tharoor recalls the 21-month period 50 years ago when Prime Minister Indira Gandhi suspended the rule of law.

Alberto Alemanno explains what’s at stake in the European Parliament’s motion to dismiss the European Commission president.

Desmond Lachman highlights the myriad ways Donald Trump is undermining markets’ faith in the US economy and the dollar.

Antara Haldar considers what lies behind the unraveling of Poland’s Solidarity-era consensus.

Nicu Popescu & Goran Buldioski urge policymakers to win over skeptical voters before growing opposition derails rearmament ...