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    The US Is Now an Extractive Superpower

    Moreno Bertoldi & Marco Buti

    Few world leaders appear to grasp the full extent of the shift in US foreign policy under President Donald Trump. While some allies cling to the illusion that mutually beneficial agreements are still possible, the Trump administration has made it abundantly clear that the old rules no longer apply.

     urge European countries to seize the opportunity created by America’s withdrawal from global leadership.
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    Europe’s Economic Surrender

    Alberto Alemanno

    The European Union’s tariff deal with US President Donald Trump highlights the bloc’s inability to present a united front. By capitulating to Trump’s bullying, the EU has cemented its dependence on the United States and will become a prosperous yet powerless appendage of the American empire.

     warns that by avoiding confrontation, the EU has effectively abandoned its quest for strategic autonomy.
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    Populism Comes to Japan

    Ian Buruma assesses the factors that enabled the far-right Sanseitō party to gain seats in the upper house.
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    The True Costs of Trump’s Economic Agenda

    Kaushik Basu warns that protectionism and unpredictability could threaten dollar supremacy and trigger a prolonged downturn.
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    The Left’s “Everything Struggle” Is Undermining the Climate Cause

    Michael Bröning urges progressives to move past ideological purity tests and focus on practical solutions.
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    The Stealth Reform of India’s Electricity Sector

    Arvind Subramanian, et al. foresee businesses generating their own clean energy and accelerating the country’s green transition.
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    Can Europe and China Forge a Climate Connection?

    Emmanuel Guerin & Bernice Lee tout a shared competitiveness agenda as a way for both sides to reap the full benefits of green growth.
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    The US-India Relationship Is Changing Again

    Shashi Tharoor anticipates the rise of a more transactional bilateral relationship, shaped less by ideals than interests.
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    Are Economists Architects or Auditors?

    Ricardo Hausmann laments how the field’s appetite for imaginative problem-solving has given way to narrow, testable hypotheses.
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    The True Costs of Trump’s Economic Agenda

    Aug 1, 2025 Kaushik Basu warns that protectionism and unpredictability could threaten dollar supremacy and trigger a prolonged downturn.

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    The US Is Now an Extractive Superpower

    Aug 1, 2025 Moreno Bertoldi & Marco Buti urge European countries to seize the opportunity created by America’s withdrawal from global leadership.

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    The US Is Now an Extractive Superpower

    Moreno Bertoldi & Marco Buti

    Few world leaders appear to grasp the full extent of the shift in US foreign policy under President Donald Trump. While some allies cling to the illusion that mutually beneficial agreements are still possible, the Trump administration has made it abundantly clear that the old rules no longer apply.

     urge European countries to seize the opportunity created by America’s withdrawal from global leadership.
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    AI Should Help Fund Creative Labor

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    What China Wants

    Yu Jie explains why the Asian superpower will not try to fill America's shoes on the world stage.
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    Markets and Their Discontents

    James Livingston foresees the end of capitalism but not of the institution with which it has long been identified.
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    Europe Needs a Green Foreign Policy

    Laurence Tubiana explains why the continent's climate agenda must be fully integrated into its diplomacy.
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    The Long March of China’s Economy

    Rana Mitter traces the country’s emergence as a world power to the visionary leaders who pushed for greater openness.

Since Donald Trump’s return to the US presidency, the world has borne witness to a dismantling of American power and prestige on a scale beyond what any of the country’s worst enemies could have dreamed of. Future historians will long ponder the precise reasons for what is happening to the United States today, but there can be little doubt that the global consequences will be profound.

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    COP30 Must Make Good on Past Climate Commitments

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