The Big Picture by PS editors
en English Apr 9, 2026 PS editors The United States has become a fount of conflicting economic messages. Headlines touting…
The IMF’s Spring Meetings Must Deliver Three Reforms by Attiya Waris
Kenya’s recent decision to forgo funding from the International Monetary Fund illustrates the asymmetry at the heart of the multilateral…
The Iran War Is a Boon for the BRICS by Jim O’Neill
Politics Apr 8, 2026 Jim O’Neill More than a month into the US-Israeli war against Iran, the broader strategic implications…
The Real Question About the AI Future
Whereas US power in the 20th century rested heavily on manufacturing scale, military reach, and dollar strength, in the 21st…
Israel’s Buffer-Zone Fallacy
In an era when ballistic missiles, drones, and other projectiles can travel long distances to hit targets with growing accuracy,…
How Women Succeed in Male-Dominated Fields by Bruna Borges & Fernanda Estevan
Discussions about gender and work often morph into cultural clashes, driven by fear, ideology, or frustration. But recent empirical research…
The Real AI Race by Lee Jong-Wha
While the invention of general-purpose technologies creates new opportunities, it is their diffusion across industries and economies that drives economic…
Can India Become the World’s Innovation Capital? by Shashi Tharoor
As supply chains fragment, AI rewrites the rules of competition, and geopolitical volatility intensifies, companies are searching for stable, scalable,…
A Bad Deal Today Means a Bigger War Tomorrow by Mohammed Al Dhaheri & Rikard Jalkebro
Iran has given the international community little reason to trust it since the 1979 revolution that led to the establishment…
America’s Currency Is the Global South’s Problem by Janak Raj
While the US dollar will not retain its preeminent status forever, countries in the Global South cannot afford to wait…
Why Iran Is Beating America by Brahma Chellaney
The “asymmetric cost” model—a war the US starts will ultimately cost the other side far more—has proven vital to sustain…
Trump’s ‘God Squad’ blocks endangered species protections in the Gulf of Mexico
The Endangered Species Act is the bedrock law that protects threatened plants and animals in the United States, and in…
Pocket gardens: The tiny urban oases with surprisingly big benefits
It’s not just easy to miss, but often downright hard to notice. A simple patch of greenery in a city…
As climate change threatens student athlete safety, states try to adapt
This co-published story was produced by The Hechinger Report, a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in…
Texas saw a $50B future in renewables. Then the political winds shifted.
This story was produced by Grist and co-published with The Texas Observer. On an unseasonably warm January day, Duff Hallman’s…
The West’s unprecedented winter could fuel a summer of disaster
In Park City, Utah, skiers could find patches of grass poking through the slopes for much of the winter —…
Your ‘widely recyclable’ Starbucks cup is still trash
Frappuccino lovers, rejoice: Your plastic to-go cups are now “widely recyclable.” That’s according to an announcement made in February by…
Kevin Warsh Is in for a Rude Awakening by Nouriel Roubini
For years, Kevin Warsh, Donald Trump’s nominee to serve as the next chair of the US Federal Reserve, has been…
A Stronger Work Ethic Won’t Fix Advanced Economies by Jun Du
en English Economics Mar 6, 2026 Jun Du German Chancellor Friedrich Merz learned the wrong lesson on his recent trip…
Financial Insecurity, Not Immigration, Is Driving Populist Politics by Lorenza Antonucci
en English Politics Mar 6, 2026 Lorenza Antonucci Nearly a decade after Brexit and Donald Trump’s first election victory, populism…