A recent military clash between India and Pakistan has brought the two nuclear powers’ long-simmering acrimony back to a boil. And whether further escalation is avoidable may depend on who is really calling the shots.

In the age of #MeToo, women's rights and gender inequality are no longer languishing at the margins of public debate. But meaningful change will take more than a hashtag.

Though US President Donald Trump plans to extend his trade-war "truce" with China, negotiators from both countries remain under intense pressure to finalize a deal. But is any agreement that satisfies both sides now likely to last?

The search for a successor to GDP has been gaining new recruits in recent years, owing to a growing recognition that material output has become an inadequate proxy for a society’s welfare. But the debate over alternative metrics reveals that the choice of a new indicator is as much a moral question as it is a technical issue.

As the world heats up, so, too, have debates about how best to address the climate crisis. Is the standard policy framework for combating global warming actually making the problem worse?

With economic conditions deteriorating and populist movements mobilizing for the European Parliament elections in May, Europe may be in for a rough year. But the recent 20th anniversary of the euro reminds us not to underestimate the Union’s resilience and capacity for crisis management.

A new pact reaffirming Franco-German friendship and cooperation seeks to revive the engine of European integration, particularly in the security field. But Sigmar Gabriel, a former German foreign minister, and Zaki Laidi, a leading French strategist, disagree about just what the Treaty of Aachen accomplishes.

Having clinched a preliminary deal with the Taliban to bring an end to the fighting in Afghanistan, US President Donald Trump will no doubt claim to have succeeded where his predecessors failed. But there is reason to worry that the “Dealmaker-in-Chief” has been bested in yet another high-stakes negotiation.

Across Western democracies, rising inequality and ballooning public debt have put tax policy back on the agenda. But, after four decades of neoliberal economic policy, the obstacles to raising tax rates and strengthening enforcement are as much ideological as they are operational.

Two and a half years after voting to leave the European Union, the United Kingdom is more divided and uncertain than ever about its future. And Britain’ s dysfunctional political class is likely to prolong the agony until the bitter end.

Political dysfunction in the United States and an apparent growth slowdown in China suggest that the global economy is sailing into choppy seas – and markets have been responding accordingly. How jittery should investors and policymakers be? 

Despite bipartisan opposition, President Donald Trump has stuck with his decision to withdraw all US troops from Syria, though at a slower pace. The question now is whether the move will simplify the situation in that war-torn country, or complicate matters further.