9/11’s Long Shadow
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show how America’s response to the terrorist attack made the country—and the world—worse.
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War and Climate
Robert Muggah, et al.The war in Iran has underscored the dangers of relying on oil and gas imports. While it may revive demand for dirty fuels in the short term, over time it could also strengthen the case for clean-energy sources that reduce countries’ exposure to regional conflicts and maritime chokepoints.
show why sacrificing rainforests and climate goals to strengthen energy security is no solution.Further reading
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The Program Redesign the IMF Needs
Martín Guzmán & Joseph E. Stiglitz see three issues that the Fund’s first major evaluation since 2019 needs to address.Further reading
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China’s External Surplus Makes a “Mandarin Accord” Inevitable
Jim O'Neill sees a growing need for international coordination to address growing global imbalances.Further reading
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AI Could Make Governments Slower
Sami Mahroum warns that the technology could flood public agencies with more work than humans can realistically oversee.Further reading
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Global Development’s Missing Ingredient
Gordon Whitman shows how faith institutions can nurture grassroots organizations that advance vulnerable people’s priorities.Further reading
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Have the Terrorists Won?
Timothy Snyder thinks the 25 years since the 9/11 attacks have played out much as the attackers would have wanted.Further reading
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The False Politics of Western Declinism
Carl Johan Dalgaard & Mark Medish warn that alarmist rhetoric risks triggering a zero-sum struggle that leaves everyone poorer.Further reading
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Why Do So Few Women Work in India?
Shishir Gupta & Aalhya Sabharwal attribute the country’s low female labor force participation rate largely to insufficient labor demand.Further reading
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The Program Redesign the IMF Needs
Sep 12, 2026 Martín Guzmán & Joseph E. Stiglitz see three issues that the Fund’s first major evaluation since 2019 needs to address.
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AI Could Make Governments Slower
Sep 11, 2026 Sami Mahroum warns that the technology could flood public agencies with more work than humans can realistically oversee.
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Why Do So Few Women Work in India?
Sep 11, 2026 Shishir Gupta & Aalhya Sabharwal attribute the country’s low female labor force participation rate largely to insufficient labor demand.
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Global Development’s Missing Ingredient
Sep 11, 2026 Gordon Whitman shows how faith institutions can nurture grassroots organizations that advance vulnerable people’s priorities.
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China’s External Surplus Makes a “Mandarin Accord” Inevitable
Sep 11, 2026 Jim O'Neill sees a growing need for international coordination to address growing global imbalances.
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War and Climate
Robert Muggah, et al.The war in Iran has underscored the dangers of relying on oil and gas imports. While it may revive demand for dirty fuels in the short term, over time it could also strengthen the case for clean-energy sources that reduce countries’ exposure to regional conflicts and maritime chokepoints.
show why sacrificing rainforests and climate goals to strengthen energy security is no solution. -
Is AI Crowding Out Other Investment?
Dambisa MoyoThe AI investment boom has unleashed a wave of demand for capital just as savings are declining and interest rates remain high. As competition for financing intensifies, rising borrowing costs could squeeze non-AI firms looking to finance new factories, equipment, and projects.
assesses evidence that the AI buildout is consuming funding and resources needed elsewhere. -
Is Monetarism Making a Comeback?
Tim Congdon thinks the post-pandemic inflation shock should have been viewed as a watershed moment in monetary policy. -
The Gospel of the Great Leader
Yoon Young-kwan traces the Christian roots of an atheist state that demands near-religious devotion to its ruling family. -
The Making and Remaking of Chinese Totalitarianism
Chenggang XuMuch analysis of China focuses on its rivalry with the United States, as if the world was confronting a conventional contest between great powers. But since China is not an ordinary rising power, recognizing the totalitarian nature of its political system is essential to understanding its conduct at home and abroad.
explains how the reform era reshaped the country while leaving its core institutions largely intact. -
The Monetary Roots of Political Extremism
Ann PettiforWhile the global economy generates unprecedented wealth for plutocrats like Elon Musk, it is, by design, highly unequal, dangerously over-indebted, prone to recurring financial crises, and ecologically disastrous. In such a context, radical reforms will be needed, beginning with the rejection of money as a commodity.
shows that the economic and financial systems underpinning oligarchy were built on a flawed theory of money.
The Declaration Heard Around the World
Thomas Jefferson’s immortal words in the Declaration of Independence inaugurated an “experiment” in self-government that continues to this day. Although the results have never been perfect, few other documents have had as profound and as enduring an influence on the modern world.
- Stephen Holmes What the Declaration Did and Did Not Say
- Andrew Burstein Jefferson’s Revolutionary Language
- David Armitage The Standard of Independence
- Caitlin Fitz The Declaration of Independence Turns South
