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Cooperation for a New Age of Volatility

Managing an economy is not for the faint of heart. Policymakers must constantly monitor the ever-evolving global economic landscape, and anticipate lightning-fast changes that...

How Democracy is Won

It is perhaps indicative of our times that the peaceful transition of power by means of a democratic election is a candidate for “Disruption...

Transatlanticism, Interrupted

Of all the smears that US President Donald Trump has made, his mendacious claims about the European Union are perhaps the most egregious. “Nobody...

How American Poverty Became “Fake News”

Under the administration of the incontinently mendacious President Donald J. Trump, everyone should worry about the integrity of America’s official statistics. They should worry...

A Very Trumpian Year

At the end of 2017, US President Donald Trump’s administration and congressional Republicans rammed through a $1 trillion cut in corporate taxes, partly offset...

Asia to Become the Global Engine of Growth

Asia has very strong prospects to become the growth engine of the global economy in 2019. Nevertheless, there are three distinct threats to this...

The Day Georgian Democracy Died

Though the US presidential election of 2016 may be the most infamous of Russia’s attempts to interfere in democratic processes abroad, it certainly was...