Four Scenarios for the Iran War by Nouriel Roubini
After failing to clinch a decisive victory against Iran, US President Donald Trump is now facing deteriorating macroeconomic conditions ahead…
China’s Return to Infrastructure-Led Growth by Yu Yongding
Given China’s disappointing forays into consumption stimulus over the past few years, there can be little doubt that its recent…
Jerome Powell’s Finest Hour by Desmond Lachman
Just as Winston Churchill is primarily remembered for facing down the Nazi onslaught in World War II, outgoing US Federal…
Cities are rehearsing for deadly heat. Will it help when disaster comes?
On a sunny Friday afternoon in October 2023, some 70 children filed into a cool, dark tunnel in the south…
American homes need heat pumps, not space heaters
If you want to ditch your gas furnace and heat your home more cleanly and efficiently, you need to scale…
A Hungarian Playbook for Defeating Populists? by Jan-Werner Mueller
Advocates of liberal democracy everywhere are celebrating Péter Magyar’s triumph over Viktor Orbán. But among the lessons to draw from…
The Consensus on China’s Economy Is Strong—and Wrong by Arvind Subramanian
Calling on China to change its globally distortionary development strategy may well be warranted. But critics cannot question Chinese mercantilism…
The Geopolitical Battle Over Monetary Infrastructure by Camila Villard Duran
The United States has raised the alarm about Brazil’s instant payment platform, Pix. That is because the public scheme has…
The High Cost of Trump’s Crony Diplomacy by Brahma Chellaney
Effective diplomacy depends on credibility, consistency, and a clear alignment with national interests. The US administration’s personalized, opaque, and venal…
The Supreme Court is deciding whether Roundup, America’s most-used herbicide, needs a cancer warning
Since 2018, when it bought the chemical manufacturer Monsanto, the German conglomerate Bayer has set aside billions to settle legal…
California will soon have more than 300 data centers. Where will they get their water?
This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.…
The ramifications of record-shattering heat on the West’s ecosystems
This story was originally published by High Country News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.…
After Hungary, Could Mexico Be Next? by Guillermo Ortiz
During his 16-year rule, Hungary’s Viktor Orbán could plausibly argue that his model delivered order, stability, and rising living standards.…
How Many Divisions Has Pope Leo? by Harold James
Following the Trump administration’s spat with Pope Leo XIV over its misbegotten war with Iran, one is reminded of previous…
What China Will Learn from Orbán’s Defeat by Sam Chetwin George
After watching Nikita Khrushchev’s repudiation of Stalin lead to a revolution in Hungary, Mao Zedong concluded that under one-party rule,…
The Iran war has changed the global energy system forever
For almost half a century, the vast majority of climate experts have agreed on a solution to global warming: stop…
While Zach Galifianakis finds peace in gardening, I’m at war with raccoons
I caught a raccoon almost literally red-handed the other day. The night before, it (and presumably the comrades in its…
Can a carbon price lower power bills? Virginia is betting yes.
Abigail Spanberger won a landslide victory in the Virginia governor’s race last November with a platform that focused on reining…