The world is facing a critical supply-chain failure. Everything from energy shortages in China and the UK to household appliances and taco sauce in the United States...
messages.detailsThe international trade regime we now have, expressed in the rules of the World Trade Organization and other agreements, is not of this world...
messages.detailsOne must hope that China and the United States will eventually arrive at an understanding that great-power competition does not preclude cooperation to resolve major global challenges.
messages.detailsGlobalization has given rise to legitimate frustrations and concerns, which can’t be assuaged simply by recalling the enormous benefits it has brought.
messages.detailsWhile some degree of deglobalization may be desirable today, this process also carries grave risks, from skyrocketing production costs to geopolitical conflict.
messages.detailsMany on the left still cling to the hope that the COVID-19 crisis will translate into the use of state power on behalf of the powerless. But those in authority have never hesitated to harness government intervention to the preservation of oligarchy...
messages.detailsAt first blush, the coronavirus pandemic seems likely to corroborate the argument for deeper international cooperation to confront shared global challenges. But crises tend to intensify and accelerate preexisting trends – in this case, the rise of anti-gl
messages.detailsCOVID-19 has intensified our dependence on local communities, and we are riveted by stories of community resilience in the face of an unseen peril.
messages.detailsNo one should expect the pandemic to alter – much less reverse – tendencies that were evident before the crisis. Neoliberalism will continue its slow death, populist autocrats will become even more authoritarian, and the left will continue to struggle to
messages.detailsThe COVID-19 crisis is an opportunity to call some of the political mistakes of recent years by their name and adjust our trajectory according to the compass of reality.
messages.detailsA clear parallel between the growing COVID-19 pandemic and climate change is emerging. In particular, both phenomena highlight the need for much closer forward-looking international cooperation to reduce and manage global threats.
messages.detailsAt this stage, there is no telling how bad the COVID-19 epidemic will become before the contagion subsides or an effective, widely available vaccine is rolled out.
messages.detailsThe convening power of the IMF and the World Bank is unquestionably strong, if not unique. Every year, their annual meetings attract top economic and financial officials from more than 180 countries
messages.detailsFor 40 years, elites in rich and poor countries alike promised that neoliberal policies would lead to faster economic growth, and that the benefits would trickle down so that everyone
messages.detailsAs policymakers, academics, and activists prepare for next months United Nations climate summit in New York
messages.detailsNationalist populists rely on fake news, special interests and us-versus them narratives – targeting Muslims as scapegoats and ignoring larger challenges like climate change.
messages.detailsUS President Donald Trump has been accused of weaponizing economic globalization. Sanctions, tariffs, and the restriction of access to dollars have been major instruments of his foreign policy, and he has been unconstrained by allies, institutions, or rul
messages.detailsWhen people are more able to shape their own futures, they are less likely to be convinced that others are to blame for their plight.
messages.detailst has been 30 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall, and despite significant progress toward improving life expectancy and boosting incomes around the world
messages.detailsThe opposite of populist nationalism is not globalist elitism; it is economic realism. And in the end, countries such as Britain, the United States
messages.detailsNowadays globalization is inescapable
messages.detailsprotectionists and advocates of “illiberal democracy” are on the rise in many other countries
messages.detailsEvery aspect of globalization – free trade, free movement of capital, and international migration – is under attack
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