Not for the first time, this year's Munich Security Conference may well be remembered as a turning point for global geopolitics. The messages coming from Europe and the United States could not have been further apart, implying dim prospects for transatlantic cooperation on managing economic and strategic threats.
It is often said that with risk comes opportunity. What initially was viewed as an unfortunate US shift to protectionism may in fact have opened a window to improve the functioning of the global economy and world trade.
argues that three changes since 2016 make a no-deal exit from the EU a threat to the UK's national security.
worries that the latest signals from the US government imply a further unraveling of transatlantic relations.
says the Modi government's latest caste-based policies highlight deeply entrenched national shortcomings.
thinks investors will face unprecedented technological and political uncertainty in the next business cycle.
explain how the rise of ultra-powerful superstar firms may be depressing wages.
discuss the challenges of measuring the well-being of society, and how inequality is contributing to a public health crisis.
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